Proverbs 27:20
a [ + 27:20a Heb. omits to ver 21.He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.]
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
19As faces are not like other faces, so neither are the thoughts of men.
21a The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.
Cross References
Job 26:6Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.
Proverbs 23:5If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.
Ecclesiastes 5:10In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding it with his eyes?
Isaiah 5:14Therefore + 5:14 Gr. Hades.hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall 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 →