Proverbs 27:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 The sated appetite spurns honey,
but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.(A)
Proverbs 27:7
Lexham English Bible
7 An appetite[a] that is sated spurns honey,
but to an appetite[b] that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
- Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
Proverbs 27:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 Just as water reflects the face,
so one human heart reflects another.
Proverbs 27:19
Lexham English Bible
19 As the waters reflect face to face,[a]
so the heart of a person reflects the person.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:19 Literally “the faces to the faces”
Proverbs 27:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
so a person is tested[a] by being praised.(A)
Footnotes
- 27.21 Heb lacks is tested
Proverbs 27:21
Lexham English Bible
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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