Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and Avaddon are never full; 1 so the eynayim of adam are never satisfied. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
19As mayim reflecteth the face, 1 so one lev ha'adam reflects another. 1
Cross References
Job 26:6Sheol is naked before Him, 1 and Avaddon hath no cover. 1
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eynayim fly after that which is not? 1 For such [wealth] certainly sprouts kenafayim (wings); 1 they fly away as a nesher (eagle) toward Shomayim. 1
Proverbs 30:16Sheol, and the barren womb; 1 eretz that is never satisfied with mayim; 1 and eish that saith not, Enough! 1
Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my lev from any simchah; for my lev rejoiced in all my amal (labor); and this was my chelek (portion) for all my amal.
Ecclesiastes 5:10When hatovah (good things) increase, they are increased that consume them; and what kishron (useful result) is there to the ba'al (owner) thereof, except as an onlooker?
Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol hath enlarged herself, 1 and opened her mouth without chok (limit); 1 and their nobility, and their masses, 1 and their throngs, and the reveler, 1 shall descend into it. 1
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 →