Proverbs 27:7
A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
In Context
6The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy.
Cross References
Numbers 11:4And the mixed multitude amongst them lusted + 11:4 Gr. lusted a lust. exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 21:5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Have you brought us ought of Egypt to kill us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
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 →