The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.


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Proverbs 25 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 25 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Proverbs 13 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Proverbs 24 13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Proverbs 16 24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 23 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Proverbs 13 2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Proverbs 18 20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Proverbs 18 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ecclesiastes 6 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Proverbs 15 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Job 21 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Proverbs 20 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 15 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Song of Solomon 7 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Proverbs 17 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 15 27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 14 10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Song of Solomon 4 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Psalms 19 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Proverbs 26 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Proverbs 12 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Isaiah 55 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 13 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Ezekiel 4 14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Isaiah 7 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
James 5 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Amos 5 9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Philippians 4 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Isaiah 3 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
John 12 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Psalms 119 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 6 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Ecclesiastes 7 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Lamentations 4 9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Proverbs 12 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Psalms 102 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Job 20 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Jeremiah 31 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Psalms 123 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Isaiah 42 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Matthew 12 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Psalms 50 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms 63 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Job 10 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Hebrews 12 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Proverbs 12 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Proverbs 21 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Proverbs 16 26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.