Charles Spurgeon Commentary Proverbs 27:7

"The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet." — Proverbs 27:7 (ASV)

The full soul loatheth (even that luscious thing) an honeycomb. No true preaching will be accepted by him who is full of himself, full of his own importance. Unless there are many of the flowers of rhetoric in the discourse, he will not listen to sound doctrine.

But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Happy is the hunger when the soul hungers and thirsts after righteousness. Then there are no hyper-critical observations about the minister's delivery, and no carping at words and phrases. It is spiritual food that the soul seeks, and if it can get that, though it may not be to its taste in every respect, there will be a sweetness in it that will make it like a honeycomb.