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The full soul loathes a honeycomb,
    but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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An appetite[a] that is sated spurns honey,
    but to an appetite[b] that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
  2. Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”

19 As in water face answers to face,
    so the heart of man to man.

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19 As the waters reflect face to face,[a]
    so the heart of a person reflects the person.

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  1. Proverbs 27:19 Literally “the faces to the faces”

21 As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold,
    so is a man to his praise.

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21 A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace for the gold,
    but a man is tested by the mouth of him who praises him.

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