Proverbs 27:20
In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
19Just as water reflects your face, your mind reflects who you really are.
Cross References
Job 26:6Sheol lies naked before God, Abaddon is uncovered.
Proverbs 23:5It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.
Proverbs 30:16The grave, the womb that doesn't become pregnant, the earth thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, “Enough!”
Ecclesiastes 2:10I didn't stop myself trying anything I wanted. Whatever I felt like enjoying, I did. I even enjoyed everything I had accomplished, a reward for all my work.
Ecclesiastes 5:10People who love money never have enough money; those who love wealth never have enough income. This too is so temporary and makes little sense.
Isaiah 5:14The grave's appetite increases, its mouth opens wide, and Jerusalem's nobility and the masses will go down into it, along with the rowdy, drunken mobs.
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 →