Proverbs 27:20
The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
19Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
Cross References
Job 26:6The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.
Proverbs 23:5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
Proverbs 30:16The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
Ecclesiastes 5:10\5:11\When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?
Isaiah 5:14For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:20
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. This shows us that there is a way, 1. Of knowing ourselves. As the water is a looking-glass in which we may see our faces by reflection, so there are mirrors by which the heart of a man is discovered to a man, that is, to himself. Let a man examine his own conscience, his thoughts, affections, and intentions. Let him behold his natural face in the glass of the divine law ( Jam. i. 23 ), and he may discern what kind of man he is and what is his true… Read the whole commentary →