Proverbs 30:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:20 : 20 ¶ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
  • Hab 2:5 : 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:
  • Gen 30:1 : 1 ¶ And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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