THEOSISProverbs 27:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׂ֭בֵעָה תָּב֣וּס נֹ֑פֶת וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה כָּל־מַ֥ר מָתֽוֹק׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Luke 15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
- Luke 15:17And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger!
- Num 11:18And thou shalt say to the people: Be ye sanctified: to morrow you shall eat flesh: for I have heard you say: Who will give us flesh to eat? It was well with us in Egypt. That the Lord may give you flesh, and you may eat:
- Num 11:20But even for a month of days, till it come out at your nostrils, and become loathsome to you, because you have cast off the Lord, who is in the midst of you, and have wept before him, saying: Why came we out of Egypt?
- Num 21:5And speaking against God and Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.
- Num 11:4For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of Israel also being joined with them, and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat?
- Num 11:9And when the dew fell in the night upon the camp, the manna also fell with it.
- John 6:9There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves and two fishes. But what are these among so many?