King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 27) Proverbs 27:7 KJV
"The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."
Proverbs 27:7 in Context (Verses 4–10 KJV)
4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?**
5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.*
7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.*
8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.*
10
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.