Proverbs 27:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:8 : 8 All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shal he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and 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 which crye, Giue, giue. There be three things that will not be satisfied: yea, foure that say not, It is ynough. 16 The graue, and the barren wombe, the earth that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that sayeth not, It is ynough.
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: & this was my portion of all my trauaile. 11 Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 6:7 : 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.
  • Job 26:6 : 6 The graue is naked before him, and there is no couering for destruction.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the sonnes of men?
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? For riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 (5:9) He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie. 11 (5:10) When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in this world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father, but is of this world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:11
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    11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the sonnes of men?

  • Prov 30:15-16
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    76%

    15The horse leache hath two daughters which crye, Giue, giue. There be three things that will not be satisfied: yea, foure that say not, It is ynough.

    16The graue, and the barren wombe, the earth that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that sayeth not, It is ynough.

  • Job 26:6
    75%

    6The graue is naked before him, and there is no couering for destruction.

  • Eccl 1:8
    74%

    8All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

  • Eccl 6:7
    73%

    7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • Isa 5:14
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    14Therefore hel hath inlarged it selfe, & hath opened his mouth, without measure, and their glorie, and their multitude, and their pompe, and hee that reioyceth among them, shall descend into it.

  • Prov 27:19
    71%

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

  • Prov 27:21
    70%

    21As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

  • Mark 9:46
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    46Where their worme dyeth not, & the fire neuer goeth out.

  • Job 3:21
    70%

    21Which long for death, and if it come not, they would euen search it more then treasures:

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

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    69%

    10(5:9) He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.

    11(5:10) When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shal he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and 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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    20With the fruite of a mans mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

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

  • Job 21:25
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    25And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.

  • Eccl 6:9
    69%

    9The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

  • Job 20:20-22
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    69%

    20Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.

    21There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shal hope for his goods.

    22When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.

  • Job 21:20
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    20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.

  • Job 24:19
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    19As the dry ground and heate consume the snowe waters, so shall the graue the sinners.

  • Prov 9:18
    68%

    18But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.

  • Job 15:28-29
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    28Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.

  • Prov 16:27
    67%

    27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

  • Job 27:19
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    19When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

  • Job 15:16
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    16How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?

  • Job 11:20
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    20But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.

  • Ps 112:10
    67%

    10The wicked shall see it and be angrie: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Isa 66:24
    67%

    24And they shall goe forth, and looke vpon the carkases of the men that haue transgressed against me: for their worme shall not dye, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shalbe an abhorring vnto all flesh.

  • Ps 73:7
    66%

    7Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.

  • Prov 15:24
    66%

    24The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous eateth to the contentation of his minde: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Prov 14:14
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    14The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.

  • Prov 1:12
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    12We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:

  • Job 28:14
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    14The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.

  • Job 20:11
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    11His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shal lie downe with him in the dust.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

  • Prov 6:35
    66%

    35He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.

  • Job 20:27
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    27The heauen shal declare his wickednes, & the earth shal rise vp against him.

  • Ps 107:9
    66%

    9For he satisfied the thirstie soule, and filled the hungrie soule with goodnesse.

  • Job 22:5
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    5Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?

  • Job 22:20
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    20Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.

  • Job 20:9
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    9So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, & his place shal see him no more.