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10 The heart knows its own bitterness and joy;
    he will not share these with a stranger.

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10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness;
And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

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13 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful,
    and mirth may end in heaviness.

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13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
And the end of mirth is heaviness.

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13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face,
    but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

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13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;
But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

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22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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22 A cheerful heart [a]is a good medicine;
But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:22 Hebrew causeth good healing.

14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness,
    but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

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14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
But a broken spirit who can [a]bear?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:14 Or, raise up

20 As one who takes away a garment in cold weather,
    or vinegar on soda,
    so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

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20 As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda,
So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

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11 Be wise, my son,
    and bring joy to my heart,
    then I can answer my tormentor.

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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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An evil man is snared by his sin,
    but the righteous can sing and be glad.

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In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare;
But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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