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Proverbs 27:7

Contentment

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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.

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BSB
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
KJV
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
WEB
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
ASV
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
DARBY
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
BLB
A soul satiated would trample a honeycomb, and [to] a hungry soul, everything bitter [is] sweet.
ÅB
Den mette vraker honning, men for den sultne er alt bittert søtt.
OTB
En person som er mett forakter honning, men for den sultne smaker selv det bitre søtt.
B1930
Den mette vraker honning, men for den sultne er alt bittert søtt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 15:16–17

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

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  • Numbers 21:5

    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.

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  • Numbers 11:18–20

    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.

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  • Numbers 11:4–9

    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?

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  • John 6:9

    There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

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  • Job 6:7

    The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

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