Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
19As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.
21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise.
Cross References
Job 26:6Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
Proverbs 30:16Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
Ecclesiastes 5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, 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 →