Proverbs 27:20
The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Cross References
Job 26:6The graue is naked before him, and there is no couering for destruction.
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.
Proverbs 30:16The graue, and the barren wombe, the earth that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that sayeth not, It is ynough.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: and this was my portion of all my trauaile.
Ecclesiastes 5:10When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?
Isaiah 5:14Therefore hell hath inlarged it selfe, and hath opened his mouth, without measure, and their glorie, and their multitude, and their pompe, and hee that reioyceth among them, shall descend 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 →