A satisfied [a]person [b]despises honey,
But to a hungry [c]person any bitter thing is sweet.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul
  2. Proverbs 27:7 Lit tramples on
  3. Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,(A)
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

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19 As in water a face reflects the face,
So the heart of a person reflects the person.

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19 As water reflects the face,
so the heart reflects the person.

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21 The (A)crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each (B)is tested by the praise accorded him.

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21 As a crucible refines silver,
and a smelter refines gold,
so a person should refine his praise.(A)

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