Proverbs 27:7
The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
8As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
Cross References
Numbers 11:4And a nomber of people that was amog them, fell a lusting, and turned away, and the children of Israel also wept, and saide, Who shall giue vs flesh to eate?
Numbers 21:5And the people spake against God and against Moses, saying, Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt, to die in the wildernesse? for here is neither bread nor water, and our soule lotheth this light bread.
Luke 15:16And hee would faine haue filled his bellie with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue them 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 →