Proverbs 27:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Proverbs 27:7 —

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Cross-References

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Luke 15:16-17
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. …
Numbers 11:18-20
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. …
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, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Numbers 11:4-9
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? …
John 6:9
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

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Amusements and Worldly Pleasures Care Carnal Mindedness Covetousness Pleasure Worldliness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7)

Solomon here, as often in this book, shows that the poor have in some respects the advantage of the rich; for, 1. They have a better relish of their enjoyments than the rich have. Hunger is the best sauce. Coarse fare, with a good appetite to it has a sensible pleasantness in it, which those are strangers to whose hearts are overcharged with surfeiting. Those that fare sumptuously every day nausea…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. The luxury of wealth confers less happiness than the healthy appetite of labor.