KJV King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
WEB World English Bible
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
ASV American Standard Version
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 27
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
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Ecclesiastes 1:8All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.1 John 2:16For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.Proverbs 30:15-16The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.Habakkuk 2:5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.Ecclesiastes 2:10-11And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.Ecclesiastes 5:10-11He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].Proverbs 15:11Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?Job 26:6Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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