Proverbs 27:20
Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not satisfied.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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.
21Fining pot for silver, and crucible for gold, and, a man, [is to be tried] by what he praiseth.
Cross References
Job 26:6Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction;
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
Proverbs 30:16Hades, and barrenness,—A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough!
Ecclesiastes 2:10and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them,—I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil.
Ecclesiastes 5:10He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver nor, he that loveth abundance, with revenue,—even this, was vanity.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore, hath hades enlarged her desire, And opened her mouth to its widest,—And their glory, and their multitude and their pomp. and he that is uproarious shall descend thereinto.
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 →