10 The heart knoweth the [a]bitterness of his soul, and the stranger shall not meddle with his joy.

11 The house of the wicked shall be destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall flourish.

12 (A)There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the ways of death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:10 As a man’s conscience is witness of his own grief, so another cannot feel the joy and comfort which a man feeleth in himself.

10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no one else can share its joy.

11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,(A)
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.(B)

12 There is a way that appears to be right,(C)
    but in the end it leads to death.(D)

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