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An appetite[a] that is sated spurns honey,
    but to an appetite[b] that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.
Like a bird that strays from its nest,
    so is a man who strays from his place.
Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,
    and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
  2. Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
  3. Proverbs 27:9 Literally “because of advice of a person”