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A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
    but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

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The full soul [a]loatheth a honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:7 Hebrew trampleth upon.

19 Like water reflects a face,
    so a man’s heart reflects the man.

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19 [a]As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.

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  1. Proverbs 27:19 Or, As water showeth face to face, so the heart showeth man to man

21 The crucible is for silver,
    and the furnace for gold;
    but man is refined by his praise.

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21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by [a]his praise.

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  1. Proverbs 27:21 Or, that which he praiseth. Or, that whereof he boasteth