Verse 7

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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?