Proverbs 27:20
Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, 1 so a man's eyes are never satisfied. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 a person's face, 1 so a person's heart reflects the person. 1
21A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; 1 and a person is tested when he is praised. 1
Cross References
Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God; 1 destruction itself has no covering against him. 1
Proverbs 23:5Will you let your eyes light upon it? 1 It will be gone, 1 for it will surely take up wings like an eagle 1 and fly off to the sky. 1
Proverbs 30:16Sheol; the barren womb; 1 land that is never satisfied with water; 1 and the fire that never says, “Enough!” 1
Ecclesiastes 2:10Whatever my eyes desired, 2 I did not withhold from them. 1 I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, 2 because my heart rejoiced in all my labor 2 and pleasure was my reward for all my work. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:10Anyone who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, 2 and anyone who loves wealth always wants more. 1 This, too, is vapor. 1
Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide; 1 their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into Sheol. 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 →