Proverbs 27:7
What meaning of the proverbs 27:7 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 27:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The full soul loathethd an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."
What does Proverbs 27:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The full soul loathethd an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."
The special instance covers the general law, that indulgence in pleasure of any kind brings on satiety and weariness, but self-restraint multiplies the sources of enjoyment....
V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...
A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...
_loatheth_ Lit. _treads under foot; calcabit_, Vulg. The second clause of the verse has been compared with Horace's "Jejunus stomachus raro vulgaria temnit." _Sat_. ii. 2. 38....
THE FULL SOUL LOATHETH AN HONEY-COMB— As hunger makes men relish the most distasteful food, when full stomachs loath the most delightful; so poverty has this advantage of plenty, that it disposes men...
CHAPTER 27 TEXT Proverbs 27:1-9 1. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest now what a day may bring forth. 2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not th...
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. LOATHETH - literally, 'treadeth under foot' (Micah 5:5). BUT TO THE HUNGRY SOUL EVERY BITTER THING IS SWEE...
SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow. V2 Do not praise yourself! Let someone e...
THE FULL SOUL LOATHETH AN HONEYCOMB. — So the moderate use of the good things of this life increases our enjoyment of them. But in spiritual things, the less we content ourselves with, the less hunger...
נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׂ֭בֵעָה תָּב֣וּס נֹ֑פֶת וְ נֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה כָּל ־מַ֥ר מָתֹֽוק׃...
CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men a...
“HEARTY COUNSEL” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original s...
Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ange...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
THE FULL SOUL LOATHETH AN HONEYCOMB,.... Or "tramples upon" it a, as the word signifies, and most versions render it, expressive of contempt and abhorrence; and suits will the situation of the honeyco...
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Ver. 7. _The full soul loatheth an honeycomb._] Heb., Treadeth it under feet as dung or dogs meat. Chrysostom...
Pro. 27:7. This is to show that there is not so much difference between the rich and the poor, as to comfort in outward enjoyments, as the world is ready to imagine, Ecclesiastes 5:12. Pro. 30:19-20...
_A full soul_ A man whose appetite, or desire, is fully satisfied; _loatheth a honey-comb_ The most delicious meats; _but to the hungry every bitter thing is sweet_ Hunger makes a man relish the most...
EXALTATION OF SELF LEADS TO FOLLY...
HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
LOATHETH: _ Heb._ treadeth under foot...
THE FULL SOUL, a man whose appetite or desire (which is oft expressed in Scripture by the name of soul) is fully satisfied, LOATHETH AN HONEY-COMB, the most delicious meats. The design of this proverb...
Proverbs 27:7 satisfied H7649 soul H5315 loathes H947 (H8799) honeycomb H5317 hungry H7457 soul H5315 thing H4751 sweet H4966 full - Numbers 11:4-9, Numbers 11:18-20, Numbers 21:5 loatheth - Heb. tr...
Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
_The full soul loatheth an honeycomb._ SPIRITUAL APPETITE It is a great blessing when food and appetite meet together. Sometimes men have been so luxuriously fed that appetite has departed from them...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:7 Each of these four proverbs teaches an element of wisdom that stands on its own, but they have additional use when taken together. Verses Proverbs 27:7 and Proverbs 27:9...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 27:7_ WANT OF APPETITE I. THE VALUE WHICH MEN SET UPON THINGS DEPENDS UPON THEIR CONDITION AND CIRCUMSTANCES. When we look around upon our fellow-creatures, we can but re...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself (Proverbs 25:14) of tomorrow who coun...
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1). Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New Testament book of James. He said, "Go...
Job 6:7; John 6:9; Luke 15:16; Luke 15:17; Numbers 11:18; Numbers 11:4; Numbers 21:5...
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE Proverbs 27:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament...