Proverbs 27:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:8 : 8 All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it] : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [Yea], four that say not, Enough: 16 Sheol; And the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 6:7 : 7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Job 26:6 : 6 Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:11
    77%

    11Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

  • Prov 30:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [Yea], four that say not, Enough:

    16Sheol; And the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.

  • Job 26:6
    75%

    6Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.

  • Eccl 1:8
    74%

    8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it] : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • Eccl 6:7
    73%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Isa 5:14
    73%

    14Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend [into it] . [

  • Prov 27:19
    71%

    19As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.

  • Prov 27:21
    70%

    21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise.

  • Mark 9:46
    70%

    46(Ommitted)

  • Job 3:21
    70%

    21Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

  • Mark 9:48
    69%

    48where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

  • Hab 2:5
    69%

    5Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

  • Prov 18:20
    69%

    20A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

  • Mark 9:44
    69%

    44(Ommitted)

  • Job 21:25
    69%

    25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

  • Eccl 6:9
    69%

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Prov 27:7
    69%

    7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Job 20:20-22
    3 verses
    69%

    20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

    21There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

  • Job 21:20
    69%

    20Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

  • Job 24:19
    68%

    19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.

  • Prov 9:18
    68%

    18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

  • Job 15:28-29
    2 verses
    67%

    28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

  • Prov 16:27
    67%

    27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

  • Job 27:19
    67%

    19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers] ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

  • Job 15:16
    67%

    16How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

  • Job 11:20
    67%

    20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

  • Eccl 9:3
    67%

    3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

  • Ps 112:10
    67%

    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Isa 66:24
    67%

    24And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

  • Ps 73:7
    66%

    7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

  • Prov 15:24
    66%

    24To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 13:25
    66%

    25The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Prov 14:14
    66%

    14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

  • Prov 1:12
    66%

    12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

  • Eccl 6:1
    66%

    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

  • Job 28:14
    66%

    14The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

  • Job 20:11
    66%

    11His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    66%

    9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Prov 6:35
    66%

    35He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

  • Job 20:27
    66%

    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

  • Ps 107:9
    66%

    9For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.

  • Job 22:5
    66%

    5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

  • Job 22:20
    66%

    20[ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

  • Job 20:9
    66%

    9The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.