A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,(A)
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

A man wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.(B)

Oil(C) and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:9 LXX reads heart, but the soul is torn up by affliction

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