10 The heart knows its own (A)bitterness,
And a stranger does not share its joy.

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10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no stranger shares its joy.

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13 Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the (A)end of joy may be grief.

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13 Even in laughter the heart is sad,
    and the end of joy is grief.(A)

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13 A (A)joyful heart makes a [a]cheerful face,
But [b]when the heart is (B)sad, the (C)spirit is broken.

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  1. Proverbs 15:13 Lit good
  2. Proverbs 15:13 Lit in sadness of heart

13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance,
    but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.(A)

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22 A (A)joyful heart [a]is good medicine,
But a broken spirit (B)dries up the bones.

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  1. Proverbs 17:22 Lit causes good healing

22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
    but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.(A)

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14 The (A)spirit of a person can endure his sickness,
But as for a (B)broken spirit, who can endure it?

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14 The human spirit will endure sickness,
    but a broken spirit—who can bear?

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20 Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on [a]soda,
Is one who sings songs to [b]a troubled heart.

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  1. Proverbs 25:20 I.e., natron
  2. Proverbs 25:20 Lit an evil

20 Like vinegar on a wound[a]
    is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood,
    sorrow gnaws at the human heart.[b]

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  1. 25.20 Gk: Heb Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, like vinegar on lye
  2. 25.20 Gk Syr Tg: Heb lacks Like a moth . . . human heart

11 (A)Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
So that I may (B)reply to one who taunts me.

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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.(A)

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By wrongdoing an evil person is (A)ensnared,
But the righteous (B)sings and rejoices.

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In the transgression of the evil there is a snare,
    but the righteous sing and rejoice.

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