Proverbs 27:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He who is satiated [with sensual pleasures] loathes and treads underfoot a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

American Standard Version (1901)

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Common English Bible

Someone who is full refuses honey, but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 Cross References

Job 6:7

My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome meat to me

Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

Proverbs 27:6

Faithful are the wounds of a friend: But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Proverbs 27:8

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

Numbers 21:5

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

John 6:9

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?