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Proverbs 27:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Sheol and Abaddon  are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

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All things  are wearisome, more than anyone can say. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing.


For everything in the world #– #the lust of the flesh,  the lust of the eyes,  and the pride  in one’s possessions #– #is not from the Father, but is from the world.


All of a person’s labour is for his stomach,  , yet the appetite is never satisfied.


Moreover, wine   betrays; an arrogant man is never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself; he collects all the peoples for himself.


There is a person without a companion,  without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.  ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.


But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.


As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.


Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the  Lord    – how much more, human hearts.


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


As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.


‘You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined  it. Why? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. ‘Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.


Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses, her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!





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