Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
19Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces: euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:5Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre.
Proverbs 30:16The graue, the barren wombe, and the earth that hath neuer water enough: as for fire it sayth neuer hoe.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle.
Ecclesiastes 5:10He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng.
Isaiah 5:14Therfore gapeth hell and openeth her mouth marueilous wyde, that their glorie, multitude, and wealth, with such as reioyce in her, may descende 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 →