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

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    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    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?

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 9 The 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.

  • 7 He 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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Job 15:28-29
    2 verses
    67%

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 3 Amonge 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.

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

  • 24 And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 9 For 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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