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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Proverbs 27:20

Verse Proverbs 27:20. Hell and destruction are never full] How hideous must the soul of a covetous man be, when God compares it to hell and perdition!

The eyes of man are never satisfied.] As the grave can never be filled up with bodies, nor perdition with souls; so the restless desire, the lust of power, riches, and splendour, is never satisfied. Out of this ever unsatisfied desire spring all the changing fashions, the varied amusements, and the endless modes of getting money, prevalent in every age, and in every country.

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See also Proverbs 27:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Hades, the world of the dead, and Destruction (Death, the destroying power, personified) have been at all times and in all countries thought of as all-devouring, insatiable (compare the marginal refer...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HELL. Sheol. App-35....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Hell and destruction_ See Proverbs 15:11, note. _full_ Rather, SATISFIED, the Heb. word being the same as at the end of the verse. Comp. Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 4:8....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 27:19-27 19. As in water face answereth face, So the heart of man to man. 20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21. The refining pot...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. HELL AND DESTRUCTION (NOTE, ) ARE NEVER FULL; SO THE EYES OF MAN ARE NEVER SATISFIED - (; ;...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    27:20 destruction (d-3) As ch. 15.11; Job 26:6 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Nothing satisfies a man’s desires. And nothing can satisfy death and hell. Only Jesus can completely satisfy human desires (John 4:13-14). But as Christians, we must learn to be content. See Philippi...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HELL AND DESTRUCTION. — See above on Proverbs 15:11. THE EYES OF MAN ARE NEVER SATISFIED. — Comp. Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 4:8. God would thus teach us that in Himself only can man find complete...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְׁאֹ֣ול _וַ֭_†_אֲבַדֹּו_† לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה וְ עֵינֵ֥י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men ar...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “HEARTY COUNSEL” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original se...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Destruction. Hebrew abaddo, or abadon, chap. xv. 11., and Apocalypse ix. 11. People die, and are plunged in hell daily. --- Eyes. Avarice and ambition, Ecclesiasticus xiv. 9._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment tha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HELL AND DESTRUCTION ARE NEVER FULL,.... The grave, as the word used often signifies; and which may be called "destruction", because bodies laid in it are soon corrupted and destroyed; and though bodi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Ver. 20. _Hell and destruction are never satisfied._] Hell and the grave have their name in Hebrew from their unsatisfiabl...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WISDOM AND HUMILITY GO HAND IN HAND...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    NEVER: _ Heb._ not...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HELL AND DESTRUCTION ARE NEVER FULL; the grave devours all the bodies which are put into it, and is always ready to receive and devour more and more without end. THE EYES, i.e. the desires, which work...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 27:20 Hell H7585 Destruction H11 (H8675) H10 never H3808 full H7646 (H8799) eyes H5869

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    GRAVE Also; (Proverbs 30:16), Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:19 Just as WATER reflects a person’s actual appearance, so the HEART reflects a person’s true nature (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 27:20. HELL AND DESTRUCTION, rather “_the world of the dead_.” EYES. Some understand the reference to be to the insatiableness of human passion. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverb...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:16; Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Ecclesiastes 2:11;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hell — The grave devours all the bodies which are put into it, and is always ready to receive and devour more. The eyes — The desires, which discover themselves by the eyes....

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