Proverbs 27:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Like as hell & destruccion are neuer full, euen so the eyes of me can neuer be satisfied.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:8 : 8 All thinges are so harde, yt no ma can expresse them. The eye is not satisfied wt sight, the eare is not fylled wt hearinge.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Like as the wyne disceaueth the dronckarde, euen so the proude shal fayle & not endure. He openeth his desyre wyde vp as the hell, & is as vnsaciable as death. All Heithen gathereth he to him, & heapeth vnto him all people.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 This generacion (which is like an horsleche) hath two doughters: ye one is called, fetch hither: the other, brynge hither. 16 There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied, and the fourth saieth neuer hoo. The hell, a womans wombe, and the earth hath neuer water ynough. As for fyre, it sayeth neuer: hoo.
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 & loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle. 11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.
  • Eccl 6:7 : 7 All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 Neuertheles, as for thine eyes and thine herte, they loke vpon covetousnesse, to shed innocent bloude, to do wronge and violence.
  • Job 26:6 : 6 yee & all they which dwell beneth in the hell are not hyd fro him, & the very destruccion it self ca not be kepte out of his sight.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 The hell wt hir payne is knowne vnto the LORDE, how moch more then the hertes of men?
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge? 11 Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes?
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 for all that is in the worlde (namely the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:11
    77%

    11The hell wt hir payne is knowne vnto the LORDE, how moch more then the hertes of men?

  • Prov 30:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15This generacion (which is like an horsleche) hath two doughters: ye one is called, fetch hither: the other, brynge hither.

    16There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied, and the fourth saieth neuer hoo. The hell, a womans wombe, and the earth hath neuer water ynough. As for fyre, it sayeth neuer: hoo.

  • Job 26:6
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    6yee & all they which dwell beneth in the hell are not hyd fro him, & the very destruccion it self ca not be kepte out of his sight.

  • Eccl 1:8
    74%

    8All thinges are so harde, yt no ma can expresse them. The eye is not satisfied wt sight, the eare is not fylled wt hearinge.

  • Eccl 6:7
    73%

    7All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Isa 5:14
    73%

    14Therfore gapeth hel, and openeth hyr mouth marvelous wyde: that pryde, boostinge and wisdome, with soch as reioyse therin, maye descende in to it.

  • Prov 27:19
    71%

    19Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces, eue so dyuerse men haue dyuerse hertes.

  • Prov 27:21
    70%

    21Syluer is tryed in the moulde, & golde in the fornace, & so is a man, whan he is openly praysed to his face.

  • Mark 9:46
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    46where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out.

  • Job 3:21
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    21(Which longe for death, and it commeth not: for yf they might fynde their graue,

  • Mark 9:48
    69%

    48where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge?

    11Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes?

  • Hab 2:5
    69%

    5Like as the wyne disceaueth the dronckarde, euen so the proude shal fayle & not endure. He openeth his desyre wyde vp as the hell, & is as vnsaciable as death. All Heithen gathereth he to him, & heapeth vnto him all people.

  • Prov 18:20
    69%

    20A mans bely shalbe satisfied with the frute of his owne mouth, and with the increase of his lippes shal he be fylled.

  • Mark 9:44
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    44where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out.

  • Job 21:25
    69%

    25Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse, and neuer had good daies.

  • Eccl 6:9
    69%

    9The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.

  • Prov 27:7
    69%

    7He that is full, abhorreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hogrie, euery sower thinge is swete.

  • Job 20:20-22
    3 verses
    69%

    20His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse.

    21He deuoured so gredely, yt he left nothinge behynde, therfore his goodes shal not prospere.

    22Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge, yet was he poore, & therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde.

  • Job 21:20
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    20Their owne destruccion and misery shal they se with their eyes, and drynke of the fearfull wrath of the Allmighty.

  • Job 24:19
    68%

    19O yt they (for the wickednesse which they haue done) were drawen to the hell, sooner the snowe melteth at the heate.

  • Prov 9:18
    68%

    18But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.

  • Job 15:28-29
    2 verses
    67%

    28Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cities, & in houses which no ma inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.

    29He shall not be rich, nether shall his substaunce continue, ner encrease vpon earth.

  • Prov 16:27
    67%

    27An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.

  • Job 27:19
    67%

    19When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye.

  • Job 15:16
    67%

    16How moch more then an abhominable and vyle ma, which dryncketh wickednesse like water?

  • Job 11:20
    67%

    20As for the eyes of the vngodly, they shal be consumed, and not escape: their hope shalbe misery and sorow of mynde.

  • Eccl 9:3
    67%

    3Amonge all thinges yt come to passe vnder the Sonne, this is a misery, that it happeneth vnto all alyke. This is the cause also that the hertes of men are full of wickednesse, & madd foolishnesse is in their hertes as longe as they lyue, vntill they dye.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The vngodly shal se it, & it shal greue him: he shall gnash wt his teth & consume awaye, & the desyre of the vngodly shal perish.

  • Isa 66:24
    67%

    24And they shal go forth, and loke vpo the caryons of them, that haue transgressed agaynst me. For their wormes shal not dye, nether shal their fyre be quenched, & all flesh shal abhorre them.

  • Ps 73:7
    66%

    7Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst.

  • Prov 15:24
    66%

    24The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The rightuous eateth, and is satisfied, but ye bely of the vngodly hath neuer ynough.

  • Prov 14:14
    66%

    14An vnfaithfull personne shal be fylled with his owne wayes, but a good ma wyl bewarre of soch.

  • Prov 1:12
    66%

    12let us swalowe the vp like ye hell, let us deuoure the quycke and whole, as those that go downe in to the pytt.

  • Eccl 6:1
    66%

    1There is yet a plage vnder ye Sonne, & it is a generall thinge amonge me:

  • Job 28:14
    66%

    14The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The see sayeth: she is not with me.

  • Job 20:11
    66%

    11From his youth his bones are ful of vyce, which shal lie downe wt him in ye earth.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion.

  • Prov 6:35
    66%

    35no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.

  • Job 20:27
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    27The heauen shall declare his wickednesse, & the earth shal take parte agaynst him.

  • Ps 107:9
    66%

    9For he satisfied the emptie soule, & fylled the hongrie soule wt good.

  • Job 22:5
    66%

    5Cometh not this for ye greate wickednesse, & for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable?

  • Job 22:20
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    20that their increase shal be hewen downe, & their posterite consumed with the fyre.

  • Job 20:9
    66%

    9So that the eye which sawe him before, getteth now no sight of him, & his place knoweth him nomore.