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Proverbs 27:20

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Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:8Rank 1 from verse 20
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    8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  2. 1 John 2:16Rank 2 from verse 20
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    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  3. Proverbs 30:15–16Rank 3 from verse 20
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    15The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

    16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

  4. Ecclesiastes 6:7Rank 4 from verse 20
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    7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  5. Habakkuk 2:5Rank 5 from verse 20
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    5¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

  6. Ecclesiastes 2:10–11Rank 6 from verse 20
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    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  7. Ecclesiastes 4:8Rank 7 from verse 20
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    8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

  8. Ecclesiastes 5:10–11Rank 8 from verse 20
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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

  9. Jeremiah 22:17Rank 9 from verse 20
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    17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  10. Proverbs 15:11Rank 10 from verse 20
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    11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

  11. Proverbs 23:5Rank 11 from verse 20
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    5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

  12. Job 26:6Rank 12 from verse 20
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    6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

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Proverbs 27:20

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hell

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Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

never

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Sense 1: Not ever; at no time or in no case. Sense 2: In never so constructions, however or no matter how much.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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satisfied

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Past-tense or past-participial form of satisfy (to fill, content, supply sufficiently, or meet what is required).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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27:19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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27:21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

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