Proverbs 27:7
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
Young's Literal 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 lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
8As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
Cross References
Numbers 11:4And the rabble who [are] in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, 'Who doth give us flesh?
Numbers 21:5and the people speak against God, and against Moses, 'Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread.'
Luke 15:16and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving 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 →