Proverbs 27:7
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A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

Numbers 21:5
And speaking against God and Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.

Proverbs 24:13
Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.

Proverbs 27:6
Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.

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

full

Numbers 11:4-9,18-20 For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of Israel also being joined with them, and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat? . . .

Numbers 21:5 And speaking against God and Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.

loatheth or treadeth under foot

Job 6:7 The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish, are my meats.

Luke 15:16,17 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. . . .

John 6:9 There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves and two fishes. But what are these among so many?

Context
Do not Boast about Tomorrow
6Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy. 7A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.…
Lexicon
The soul
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

that is full
שְׂ֭בֵעָה (ḇê·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7649: Sated, satisfied, surfeited

loathes
תָּב֣וּס (tā·ḇūs)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 947: To tread down, trample

honey,
נֹ֑פֶת (nō·p̄eṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5317: Flowing honey, honey from the comb

but to a hungry
רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה (rə·‘ê·ḇāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7457: Hungry

soul,
וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (wə·ne·p̄eš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

bitter thing
מַ֥ר (mar)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

is sweet.
מָתֽוֹק׃ (mā·ṯō·wq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4966: Sweet, sweetness


Additional Translations
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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

A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.

The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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

The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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