Proverbs 27:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ One satisfied loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry one any bitter food is sweet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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)

⁷ The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Common English Bible

⁷ Someone who is full refuses honey, but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 Cross References

Job 6:7

I refuse to touch it, they are like food when I am sick.

Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat honey, for it is good, And the honeycomb, sweet to your taste;

Proverbs 27:6

The wounds of a friend are true, But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a man who wanders from his place.

Numbers 21:5

And the people spoke against Elohim and against Mosheh, “Why have you brought us up out of Mitsrayim to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our being loathes this light bread.”

John 6:9

“Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fishes, but what are these for so many?”