Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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Bible References
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Numbers 11:4
The rabble among them [who followed Israel from Egypt] had greedy desires [for familiar and delicious food], and the Israelites wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?
Numbers 21:5
So the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, nor is there any water, and we loathe this miserable food.”
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Job 6:7
“My soul refuses to touch them;
Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].
“My soul refuses to touch them;
Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].
Luke 15:16 He would have gladly eaten the [carob] pods that the pigs were eating [but they could not satisfy his hunger], and no one was giving anything to him.
John 6:9
“There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?”