Proverbs 27:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:8 : 8 All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The leech has two daughters:“Give! Give!” There are three things that will never be satisfied, four that have never said,“Enough”– 16 the grave, the barren womb; earth has not been satisfied with water; and fire has never said,“Enough!”
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort. 11 Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded:“All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless– like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth.”
  • Eccl 6:7 : 7 All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.
  • Job 26:6 : 6 The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments,“For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is futile and a burdensome task!
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile. 11 When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 because all that is in the world(the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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  • Prov 15:11
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    11Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • Prov 30:15-16
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    15The leech has two daughters:“Give! Give!” There are three things that will never be satisfied, four that have never said,“Enough”–

    16the grave, the barren womb; earth has not been satisfied with water; and fire has never said,“Enough!”

  • Job 26:6
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    6The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

  • Eccl 1:8
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    8All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!

  • Isa 5:14
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    14So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

  • Prov 27:19
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    19As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.

  • Job 3:21
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    21to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

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    48where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

    11When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

  • Prov 18:20
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    20From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied, with the product of his lips he will be satisfied.

  • Job 21:25
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    25And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile– like chasing the wind.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Job 20:20-22
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    20For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

    21“Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.

    22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.

  • Job 21:20
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    20Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.

  • Job 24:19
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    19The drought as well as the heat snatch up the melted snow; so the grave snatches up the sinner.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

  • Job 15:28-29
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    28he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

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    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

  • Job 27:19
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    19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

  • Job 15:16
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    16how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

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    20But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives– then they die.

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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

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    24“They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent.”

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    7Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

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    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.

  • Prov 14:14
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    14The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

  • Prov 1:12
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    12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

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    14The deep says,‘It is not with me.’ And the sea says,‘It is not with me.’

  • Job 20:11
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    11His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Prov 6:35
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    35He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

  • Job 20:27
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    27The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

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    9For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

  • Job 22:5
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    5Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

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    9People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.