Proverbs 27:7
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
In Context
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Cross References
Numbers 11:4And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 21:5and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.
Luke 15:16And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:6-7
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Note, 1. It is good for us to be reproved, and told of our faults, by our friends. If true love in the heart has but zeal and courage enough to show itself in dealing plainly with our friends, and reproving them for what they say and do amiss, this is really better, not only than secret hatred (as Lev. xix. 17 ), but than secret love, that love to our neighbours which does not show itself in… Read the whole commentary →