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Proverbs 14:10

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Proverbs 14:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 14:10

Theological / Devotional

Bitterness. The first clause reads literally, "the heart knows the bitterness of its soul." Though friends and loved ones learn to understand something of our joys and sorrows, they can never get within our hearts and experience all that we are feeling of bitterness and sorrow. They are likewise strangers to our joy. However, Jesus knows our deepest sorrows and shares our highest joys.

By SdaBc