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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 knows its own distress;
    another person can’t share 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 The heart feels pain even in laughter,
    and in the end, joy turns to sorrow.

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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 joyful heart brightens one’s face,
    but a troubled heart breaks the spirit.

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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 joyful heart helps healing,
    but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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

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14 The human spirit sustains a sick person,
    but who can bear a broken spirit?

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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 Singing a song to a troubled heart
    is like taking off a garment on a cold day
    or putting vinegar on a wound.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:20 LXX; MT vinegar on natron (a detergent)

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

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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so I can answer those who insult 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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The wicked are snared by their own sin;[a]
    the righteous sing and rejoice.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:6 Tg, Syr; MT In the sin of an evil man is a snare