For the ear assesses ¹  words as the mouth ²  tastes food.

Does not the ear test words, as ¹  the tongue ²  tastes food? ³ 

Bread gained by deceit ¹  tastes sweet to a person, ²  but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. ³ 

The one whose appetite ¹  is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth ²  every bitter thing is sweet.

And another man ¹  dies in bitterness of soul, ²  never having tasted ³  anything good.

“Stolen waters ¹  are sweet, and food obtained in secret ²  is pleasant!”

But now we ¹  are dried up, ²  and there is nothing at all before us ³  except this manna!”

She knows ¹  that her merchandise is good, and her lamp ²  does not go out in the night.

They no longer sing and drink wine; ¹  the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, ¹  sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. ² 

“From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged. ¹