Proverbs 14:10

Bitterness — The inward griefs and joys of mens hearts, are not known to any but a man's self.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A striking expression of the ultimate solitude of each man’s soul at all times, and not merely at the hour of death. Something there is in every so...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The heart knoweth its own (g) bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. (g) As a man's conscience is witness to his own grief, s...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. T...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

his own bitterness . the bitterness of his soul (Hebrew. nephesh. App-13). Illustrations: Hannah ( 1 Samuel 1:8-13 ); Joab ( 2 Samuel 19:5-7 ); th...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 783 MAN’S EXPERIENCE KNOWN TO HIMSELF ALONE Proverbs 14:10 . The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddl...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. The heart knoweth his own bitterness - מרת נפשו morrath naphs...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The heart knoweth his own bitterness— "Nobody can know what another suffers, so well as the sufferer himself; and he alone is privy to the greatnes...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. The heart knoweth his own bitterness (Hebrew, the bit...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Every one knows where his own shoe pinches ( 1 Kings 8:38 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The heart knoweth his own bitterness... — None Can perfectly sympathise with the sorrows or joys of others, except the ideal Son of Man, who came t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 14:7 . The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perc...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernac...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The heart knoweth his own bitterness ,.... Or "the bitterness of his soul" l, the distress of his conscience, the anguish of his mind; the heart of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. Ver. 10. The heart knoweth his own bitterness ] None can c...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The heart knoweth its own bitterness The inward griefs and joys of men's hearts, though sometimes they may be partly manifested by outward signs, y...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. This agrees with 1 Corinthians 2:11 , W...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The sense of the verse is this, The inward griefs and joys of men's hearts, though sometimes they may be guessed at by outward signs, yet are not cer...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

We Are To Follow The Ways Of The Wise And Shrewd, Not The Ways Of The Foolish ( Proverbs 14:7-16 ). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 14:10 . Zöckler reads the latter clause, “Let no stranger,” etc. Miller renders the whole verse, “A knowing heart is a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 14:1 . Every wise woman buildeth her house, as Proverbs 9:1 , by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their fi...
The Biblical Illustrator

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. Man unknown to man You cannot completely know your fell...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 10. The heart knoweth his own bitterness, it is best acquainted with its own trouble and resents interference; and a stranger doth not intermed...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:8 ; 1 Samuel 1:10 ; 2 Kings 4:27 ; Ezekiel 3:14 ; Genesis 42:21 ; Job 10:1 ; Job 6:2-4 ; Job 7:11 ; Job 9:18 ; John 12:27 ; John...

¹⁰ The heart knoweth his owna bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 14:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 14:10