Proverbs 27:20
a He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; 1 And the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue. 1
Updated 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, 1 So neither are the thoughts of men. 1
21a The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; 1 But an upright heart seeks knowledge. 1
Cross References
Job 26:6Hell is naked before him, 1 And destruction has no covering. 1
Proverbs 23:5If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; 1 For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, 1 And he returns to the house of his master. 1
Proverbs 30:16The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatever mine eyes desired, 1 I withheld not from them, 1 I withheld not my heart 1 From all my mirth: 1 For my heart rejoiced in all my labor; 1 And this was my portion 1 Of all my labor. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:10In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: 1 And what virtue has the owner, 1 But the right of beholding it with his eyes? 1
Isaiah 5:14Therefore 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 →