Proverbs 27:7
A person who has eaten to the full rejects even a honeycomb, 1 but to the hungry person, every bitter thing is sweet. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 caused by a friend, 1 but an enemy may kiss you profusely. 1
8Like a bird that wanders from its nest 1 is a man who strays from where he lives. 1
Cross References
Numbers 11:4Some foreign people began to camp with Israel's descendants. They wanted better food to eat. Then the people of Israel began to weep and say, “Who will give us meat to eat?
Numbers 21:5The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we hate this miserable food.”
Luke 15:16He would gladly have eaten the carob pods that the pigs ate, because no one gave him anything.
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 →