Proverb for the Day 14:10 - Nobody Knows How I Feel! - Helping Up Mission (2024)

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Proverb for the Day 14:10 - Nobody Knows How I Feel! - Helping Up Mission? ›

Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. While we often say to someone “I understand how you feel,” in reality we can't. That is what this proverb reminds us.

We might not understand another person's pain; we might not even agree that their unhappiness is justified. All the same, other people's suffering is real whether it's rational or not, and whether we fully understand it or not. It is also true that no one can experience another person's joy.

"Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will." At first blush this proverb doesn't seem to say much but digging beneath the surface one finds a deep and profound truth about life. fools mock at sin. The word for fools is the standard person who is selfish, rebellious, impulsive, and proud.

Proverbs 14:1-10 New King James Version (NKJV)

The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands. He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him. In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them.

The contrast in this verse is meant to play on the differences between a temporary shelter and a permanent one. Normally, one would consider a house more durable than a tent. But a "house" built on evil is far weaker than even a "tent" built on godly wisdom (Proverbs 1:7).

Foolishness, defined as a rejection of God's truth and instruction (Psalm 14:1; Proverbs 1:7) leads to disaster. It also makes a person vulnerable to further false ideas. Those who wallow in such self-deception should be avoided (Proverbs 14:1–10).

Proverbs 24:10 in Other Translations

10 If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. 10 If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small. 10 If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place. 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

The "prudent" person is not rash in his decisions. He thinks things through carefully before deciding. He wants to go where God leads him. This trait was exhibited by Abraham's servant, who was on a mission to find a bride for Isaac. He carefully asked the Lord to direct him to the right young lady.

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. 12 There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

A man who respects God and submits to truth gains knowledge easily. Because he looks to the Lord for knowledge instead of to himself, he is open to what the Lord wants to teach him.

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It says here that foolish women tear down their houses with their own hands, and an acceptance of any kind of feminism is one of the ways this is done. A wise woman has the grace to build her house. There really is something called “the woman's touch.” Notice that is says that every wise woman knows how to do this.

1 Lady Wisdom builds a lovely home; Sir Fool comes along and tears it down brick by brick. 2 An honest life shows respect for God; a degenerate life is a slap in his face. 3 Frivolous talk provokes a derisive smile; wise speech evokes nothing but respect.

Proverbs 10:14 "Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction."

10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. 10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.

Proverbs 14:29. The Scriptures do not treat anger itself as a sin. The problem appears to be carnal anger, or thoughtless anger—what might be called passion. The virtue commended in this proverb is that of being slow to anger, not incapable of anger. A man's discretion makes him slow to anger (Prov.

This proverb represents Solomon's sad observation of human selfishness: men are friendly for what they can get from others. Even a poor man's neighbors hate him, because he is of no use to them in getting ahead. But a rich man, no matter what his character or conduct, has many more friends than the poor man.

Japanese Proverb. Don't feel the need to brag about your skills and accomplishments. If anything, you want to keep your prowess as secret as possible, not allowing anyone to know just how much, or how little, skill you have.

Whether bitterness or joy, a person experiences them to himself. One cannot fully share or unload ones bitterness, and similarly, when overjoyed, even though one may make an absolute ass of himself rejoicing, it is difficult for others to feel the same joy. Your emotion is in your own heart.

God also gives us water and food to satisfy our physical needs, but He wants us to “thirst” or desire righteousness in the same way that we crave water when we are thirsty. God's Word tells us that He will bless us and fill us when we hunger and thirst for righteousness.

In other words, God is in love with every one of us. The Gospel says that not even a sparrow will fall to the ground outside our heavenly Father's care. Yet, “sparrows” continue to fall, innocents die, children are sold for a few dollar s or thrown away as soon as their short flight of life took off.