Verse 20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:8 : 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The leech has two daughters: 'Give! Give!' There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!' 16 The grave, the barren womb, land that is never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, 'Enough!'
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them; I did not keep my heart from any pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, for this was my reward for all my efforts. 11 Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
  • Eccl 6:7 : 7 All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.
  • Job 26:6 : 6 Sheol is naked before him; Abaddon has no covering.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Death and destruction lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of humans!
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There was a man all alone. He had no son or brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. 'For whom am I toiling,' he asked, 'and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?' This too is meaningless—a miserable business!
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? 11 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.