Proverbs 27:7

“The luxury of wealth confers less happiness than the healthy appetite of labor.”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“27:7 Even the best teaching (honey) will be refused if offered at the wrong time. The key to real learning is the receptivity of the student.”

“full: Num 11:4-9, Num 11:18-20, Num 21:5 loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot to: Job 6:7; Luk 15:16, Luk 15:17; Joh 6:9 Proverbs 27:8”

“In Pro 27:7-10 there is also visible a weaving of the external with the internal. First, there are two proverbs, in each of which there is repeated a word terminating with נ. 7 A satisfied soul treadeth honeycomb under foot; And a hungry soul - everything bitter is (to it) sweet. It is unnecessary to read תּבוּז (Hitzig); תּבוּס is stronger; "to tread with the feet" is the extreme degree of scornful despite. That satiety and hunger are applicable to the soul, vid., under Pro 10:3. In 7b, the adverb להּ, relative to the nomin. absol., like Pro 28:7, but not Pro 13:18. "Hunger is the best cook," according to a German proverb; the Hebrew proverb is so formed that it is easily transferred to the…”