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Proverbs 27:7

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¶ The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

The full {H7649} soul {H5315} loatheth {H947} an honeycomb {H5317}; but to the hungry {H7457} soul {H5315} every bitter thing {H4751} is sweet {H4966}.

A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.

The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 15:16 (5 votes)

    And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

  • Luke 15:17 (5 votes)

    And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

  • Numbers 11:18 (4 votes)

    And 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 11:20 (4 votes)

    [But] even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which [is] among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

  • Numbers 21:5 (3 votes)

    And 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 (2 votes)

    ¶ And 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?

  • Numbers 11:9 (2 votes)

    And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.