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The sated appetite spurns honey,
    but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.
Like a bird that strays from its nest
    is one who strays from home.
Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel

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