Proverbs 27:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Hell and destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied. [Prov. 30:16; Hab. 2:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Common English Bible

²⁰ The grave and the underworld are never satisfied; and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.

Proverbs 27:20 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are wearisome, more than one can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing or the ear filled with hearing.

1 John 2:16

for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves and collect all peoples as their own.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are only on your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.

Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light upon it, it is gone, for suddenly it takes wings to itself, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord; how much more human hearts!

Job 26:6

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Proverbs 27:19

Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.

Haggai 1:9

You have looked for much, but it came to little, and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure; the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and all who exult in her.