Proverbs 27:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.”
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“The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And <FI>to<Fi> a hungry soul every bitter thing <FI>is<Fi> sweet.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 27:7 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- Numbers 11:18And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
- Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
- Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
- Luke 15:16He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
- John 6:9“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
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