KJV King James Version
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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Proverbs 27:7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
WEB World English Bible
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
ASV American Standard Version
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 27
4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
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Luke 15:16-17And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.Numbers 11:18-20And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.Numbers 21:5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.Numbers 11:4-9And the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?John 6:9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?Job 6:7The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.
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