Proverbs 30:16

New Century Version

the cemetery, the childless mother, the land that never gets enough rain, and fire that never says, ‘I’ve had enough!’

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she was not having children for Jacob, she envied her sister Leah. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

Proverbs 27:20

People will never stop dying and being destroyed, and they will never stop wanting more than they have.

Proverbs 30:15

“Greed has two daughters named ‘Give’ and ‘Give.’ There are three things that are never satisfied, really four that never say, ‘I’ve had enough!’:

Isaiah 5:14

So the place of the dead wants more and more people, and it opens wide its mouth. Jerusalem’s important people and common people will go down into it, with their happy and noisy ones.

Habakkuk 2:5

“Just as wine can trick a person, those who are too proud will not last, because their desire is like a grave’s desire for death, and like death they always want more. They gather other nations for themselves and collect for themselves all the countries.