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Proverbs 27:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

7 One who is full spurns honey;
    but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird far from the nest
    so is anyone far from home.[a]
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
    but by grief the soul is torn asunder.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:8 The bird symbolizes vulnerability as it flees before danger as in Is 10:14; 16:2; and Ps 11:1. For the importance of place in human life, see Jb 20:8–9. People are defined by their place, but, tragically, war, poverty, or illness can force them from it.
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