George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 14:10
Stranger. Such cannot well comfort the afflicted. A man is alone acquainted with the affections of his own heart. Septuagint, "he mixeth not insult" (Symmachus) "with strangers."
Stranger. Such cannot well comfort the afflicted. A man is alone acquainted with the affections of his own heart. Septuagint, "he mixeth not insult" (Symmachus) "with strangers."
Verse Proverbs 14:10. _THE HEART KNOWETH HIS OWN BITTERNESS_] מרת נפשו _morrath_ _naphsho_, "The bitterness of its soul." Under spiritual sorrow, the _heart_ feels, the _soul_ feels; all the _animal_...
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 sorrow, and in every joy, which no one else can share....
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
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. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
HIS OWN BITTERNESS. the bitterness of his soul (Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13). Illustrations: Hannah (1 Samuel 1:8); Joab (2 Samuel 19:5); the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:27); Haman ...
The poet of the _Christian Year_has caught something of the beauty and pathos of this proverb as he writes: "Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell and range apart." "Nor...
DISCOURSE: 783 MAN’S EXPERIENCE KNOWN TO HIMSELF ALONE Proverbs 14:10. _The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy_. THE inward experience of men, any furt...
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 greatness of that joy which springs from the happy conclusion...
CHAPTER 14 TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that i...
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. THE HEART KNOWETH HIS OWN BITTERNESS (HEBREW, THE BITTERNESS OF HIS SOUL); AND A STRANGER DOTH NOT INTERMEDDL...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
Every one knows where his own shoe pinches (1 Kings 8:38)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
We try to sympathise with other people. We try to share their joys and sorrows (sad feelings). Our efforts are kind and good, but we cannot really understand their feelings. Only God really knows the...
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 to “bear our griefs and carry our sorrows” (comp. Hebr...
לֵ֗ב יֹ֭ודֵעַ מָרַּ֣ת נַפְשֹׁ֑ו וּ֝ בְ שִׂמְח
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
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 perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
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, so another cannot feel the joy and comfort which a m...
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 tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. There is a way wh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 man only knows the whole of it; something of it may b...
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 conceive the terrors and torments of a heart that lie...
_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, yet are not certainly and fully known to any but the...
V. 10. THE HEART KNOWETH HIS OWN BITTERNESS, it is best acquainted with its own trouble and resents interference; AND A STRANGER DOTH NOT INTERMEDDLE WITH HIS JOY, for no outsider is able fully to ent...
HIS OWN BITTERNESS: _ Heb._ the bitterness of his soul...
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 certainly known to any but a man's self. Compare 1 COR...
Proverbs 14:10 heart H3820 knows H3045 (H8802) own H5315 bitterness H4787 stranger H2114 (H8801) share H6148 ...
WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WISE AND SHREWD, NOT THE WAYS OF THE FOOLISH (PROVERBS 14:7). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understands his w...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
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 first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
_The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy._ MAN UNKNOWN TO MAN You cannot completely know your fellow-man. Every man is, in a measure, self-contained. Al...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:8 This section begins and ends with contrasts between the PRUDENT (vv. Proverbs 14:8,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 14:10. Zöckler reads the latter clause, “Let no stranger,” etc. Miller renders the whole verse, “A knowing heart is a bitterness to itself; but with its joy it does not hold...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
1 Peter 1:8; 1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 4:27; Ezekiel 3:14; Genesis 42:21;...
Bitterness — The inward griefs and joys of mens hearts, are not known to any but a man's self....