Proverbs 14:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no stranger shares its joy.
Proverbs 14:10
New Living Translation
10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
and no one else can fully share its joy.
Proverbs 14:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 Even in laughter the heart is sad,
and the end of joy is grief.(A)
Proverbs 14:13
New Living Translation
13 Laughter can conceal a heavy heart,
but when the laughter ends, the grief remains.
Proverbs 15:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance,
but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.(A)
Proverbs 15:13
New Living Translation
13 A glad heart makes a happy face;
a broken heart crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 17:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.(A)
Proverbs 17:22
New Living Translation
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Proverbs 18:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 The human spirit will endure sickness,
but a broken spirit—who can bear?
Proverbs 18:14
New Living Translation
14 The human spirit can endure a sick body,
but who can bear a crushed spirit?
Proverbs 25:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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]
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]
Footnotes
- 25:20 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads pouring vinegar on soda.
Proverbs 27:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.(A)
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.
Footnotes
- 27:11 Hebrew my son.
Proverbs 29:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 In the transgression of the evil there is a snare,
but the righteous sing and rejoice.
Proverbs 29:6
New Living Translation
6 Evil people are trapped by sin,
but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.
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