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Proverbs 27:20

WEB

20Sheol[+] and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

KJV

20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

BSB

20Sheol and Abaddon [+] are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

FBV

20[+] In the same way that the grave and destruction[+] are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.


Extra References

Ecclesiastes 1:8

8All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.


1 John 2:16

16For all that is in the worldthe lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.


Proverbs 30:15-16

15The leech has two daughters: Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’: 16Sheol,[+] the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’


Ecclesiastes 6:7

7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.


Habakkuk 2:5

5Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol;[+] he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples.


Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor. 11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.


Ecclesiastes 4:8

8There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.


Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. 11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?


Jeremiah 22:17

17But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”


Job 26:6

6Sheol[+] is naked before God, and Abaddon[+] has no covering.