Proverbs 27:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:8 : 8 All thinges are so harde to be knowen, that no man can expresse them: The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearyng.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Yea in deede the proude man is as he that transgresseth by wine, therfore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, & is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The horse leache hath two daughters crying: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied, yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe: 16 The graue, the barren wombe, and the earth that hath neuer water enough: as for fire it sayth neuer hoe.
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle. 11 But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 6:7 : 7 All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence.
  • Job 26:6 : 6 He is naked before him, and the very destruction it selfe can not be hyd out of his sight.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Hell and destruction are before the Lorde: howe much more then the heartes of the children of men?
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: yet saith he not for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng.
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng. 11 Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes?
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:11
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    11 Hell and destruction are before the Lorde: howe much more then the heartes of the children of men?

  • Prov 30:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 The horse leache hath two daughters crying: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied, yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe:

    16 The graue, the barren wombe, and the earth that hath neuer water enough: as for fire it sayth neuer hoe.

  • Job 26:6
    75%

    6 He is naked before him, and the very destruction it selfe can not be hyd out of his sight.

  • Eccl 1:8
    74%

    8 All thinges are so harde to be knowen, that no man can expresse them: The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearyng.

  • Eccl 6:7
    73%

    7 All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Isa 5:14
    73%

    14 Therfore gapeth hell and openeth her mouth marueilous wyde, that their glorie, multitude, and wealth, with such as reioyce in her, may descende into it.

  • Prov 27:19
    71%

    19 Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces: euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes.

  • Prov 27:21
    70%

    21 As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him.

  • Mark 9:46
    70%

    46 Where their worme dyeth not, and the fire goeth not out.

  • Job 3:21
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    21 Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:

  • Mark 9:48
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    48 Where their worme dyeth not, and the fire goeth not out.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng.

    11 Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes?

  • Hab 2:5
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    5 Yea in deede the proude man is as he that transgresseth by wine, therfore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, & is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

  • Prov 18:20
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    20 A mans belly shalbe satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth, and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be filled.

  • Mark 9:44
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    44 Where their worme dyeth not, & the fire goeth not out.

  • Job 21:25
    69%

    25 Another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9 The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde.

  • Prov 27:7
    69%

    7 He that is full, abhorreth an honye combe: but vnto hym that is hungrye, euery sowre thing is sweete.

  • Job 20:20-22
    3 verses
    69%

    20 Because he could not perceaue when his belly was well, through his greedie desire he shall not escape.

    21 There shall none of his meate be left, therefore shall no man loke for his goodes.

    22 When he had plenteousnesse of euery thing, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery side.

  • Job 21:20
    69%

    20 Their owne miserie shal they see with their eyes, and drinke of the fearefull wrath of the almightie.

  • Job 24:19
    68%

    19 As the drye grounde and heate consume the snowye waters: so shall the graue the sinners.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18 And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell.

  • Job 15:28-29
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    28 Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.

    29 He shall not be riche, neither shall his substaunce continue, neither shal the prosperitie thereof be prolonged vpon earth.

  • Prov 16:27
    67%

    27 An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.

  • Job 27:19
    67%

    19 When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

  • Job 15:16
    67%

    16 How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.

  • Job 11:20
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    20 As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3 Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10 The vngodly shall see it, and it wyll greeue hym, he wyll gnashe with his teethe and consume away: the desire of the vngodly shall perishe.

  • Isa 66:24
    67%

    24 And they shall go foorth and loke vpon the carions of them that haue transgressed agaynst me: for their wormes shall not dye, neither shall their fire be quenched, and all fleshe shall abhorre them.

  • Ps 73:7
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    7 Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: and the cogitations of their heartes do passe from them.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25 The righteous eateth and is satisfied: but the belly of the vngodly hath neuer enough.

  • Prov 14:14
    66%

    14 A backe slydyng heart shalbe fylled with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from hym.

  • Prov 1:12
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    12 Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit:

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1 There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men:

  • Job 28:14
    66%

    14 The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me.

  • Job 20:11
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    11 From his youth his bones are full of pleasures, but now shall it lye downe within him in the earth.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9 For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

  • Prov 6:35
    66%

    35 No though thou wouldest offer hym great gyftes to make amendes, he wyll not receaue them.

  • Job 20:27
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    27 The heauen shal declare his wickednesse, and the earth shall take part against him.

  • Ps 107:9
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    9 For he satisfieth the greedie soule: and filleth the hungry soule with goodnes.

  • Job 22:5
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    5 Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable?

  • Job 22:20
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    20 Is our substaunce bewen downe? As for the remnaunt of them the fire hath consumed.

  • Job 20:9
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    9 So that the eye which sawe him before, shal haue no more sight of him, and his place shall know him no more.