Proverbs 27:20
Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
Cross References
Job 26:6The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition.
Proverbs 23:5Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.
Proverbs 30:16Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and a land that is not filled with water. And truly, fire never says, ‘Enough.’
Ecclesiastes 2:10And all that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. Neither did I prohibit my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and from amusing itself in the things that I had prepared. And I regarded this as my share, as if I were making use of my own labors.
Ecclesiastes 5:10Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes?
Isaiah 5:14For this reason, Hell has expanded its soul, and has opened its mouth without any limits. And their strong ones, and their people, and their exalted and glorious ones will descend 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 →