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Bede, on Prov 27:7
Bede · A.D. 673–735
Prov 27:7 · Douay-Rheims
“A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.”
On this verse:
“The soul sated will trample upon the honeycomb, etc. The soul of the rich, who have their consolation and are told by the Lord, Woe to you who are full, for you shall hunger (Luke VI), spurns the sweetness of the heavenly kingdom when preached; but the soul of those who hunger and thirst for justice finds it sweet to endure even the adversities of the world for the Lord, indeed to suffer death itself, knowing that through the cup of bitterness they will come to the joys of eternal salvation.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.