Proverbs 14:10
New Living Translation
10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
and no one else can fully share its joy.
Proverbs 14:10
Living Bible
10 Only the person involved can know his own bitterness or joy—no one else can really share it.
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Proverbs 14:13
New Living Translation
13 Laughter can conceal a heavy heart,
but when the laughter ends, the grief remains.
Proverbs 14:13
Living Bible
13 Laughter cannot mask a heavy heart. When the laughter ends, the grief remains.
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Proverbs 15:13
New Living Translation
13 A glad heart makes a happy face;
a broken heart crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 15:13
Living Bible
13 A happy face means a glad heart; a sad face means a breaking heart.
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Proverbs 17:22
New Living Translation
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Proverbs 17:22
Living Bible
22 A cheerful heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit makes one sick.
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Proverbs 18:14
New Living Translation
14 The human spirit can endure a sick body,
but who can bear a crushed spirit?
Proverbs 18:14
Living Bible
14 A man’s courage[a] can sustain his broken body, but when courage dies, what hope is left?
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- Proverbs 18:14 courage, literally, “spirit.”
Proverbs 25:20
New Living Translation
20 Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart
is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather
or pouring vinegar in a wound.[a]
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- 25:20 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads pouring vinegar on soda.
Proverbs 25:20
Living Bible
20 Being happy-go-lucky around a person whose heart is heavy is as bad as stealing his jacket in cold weather or rubbing salt in his wounds.[a]
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- Proverbs 25:20 rubbing salt in his wounds, literally, “like vinegar upon soda.”
Proverbs 27:11
New Living Translation
11 Be wise, my child,[a] and make my heart glad.
Then I will be able to answer my critics.
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- 27:11 Hebrew my son.
Proverbs 27:11
Living Bible
11 My son, how happy I will be if you turn out to be sensible! It will be a public honor to me.
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Proverbs 29:6
New Living Translation
6 Evil people are trapped by sin,
but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.
Proverbs 29:6
Living Bible
5-6 Flattery is a trap; evil men are caught in it, but good men stay away and sing for joy.
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