Proverbs 27:7
A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
In Context
6Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
Cross References
Numbers 11:4For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of Israel also being joined with them, and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 21:5And speaking against God end Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.
Luke 15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto 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 →