Proverbs 27:7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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- Num 11:4-9 : 4 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? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
- Num 11:18-20 : 18 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. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
- Num 21:5 : 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.
- Job 6:7 : 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
- Luke 15:16-17 : 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
- John 6:9 : 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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16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
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20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
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6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
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9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
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25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
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24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
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7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
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5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
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18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
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30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
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19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
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8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
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29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
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14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
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3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
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5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
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20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
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15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
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29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
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14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
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22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
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6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
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4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
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11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.