Proverbs 27:20

New English Translation

As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

Cross References

Job 26:6

The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

Proverbs 15:11

Death and Destruction are before the Lord – how much more the hearts of humans!

Proverbs 23:5

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Proverbs 27:19

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach – yet his appetite is never satisfied!

Isaiah 5:14

So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

Habakkuk 2:5

Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

Haggai 1:9

‘You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?’ asks the Lord who rules over all. ‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.