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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 14, Verse 10

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Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.
King James Version
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
American Standard Version
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
New English Translation
The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.
World English Bible
The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
15
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.
16
A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17
[He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.