Focused Passage

Proverbs 27:20

Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart

The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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References and Original Words

Verse 20

Cross-references

1 John 2:16 Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 1:8 Classic cross-references Proverbs 30:15 Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 6:7 Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 4:8 Classic cross-references

Original words

Sheol שְׁא֣וֹל H7585 Noun - common singular and Abaddon וַאֲבַדֹּה H11 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct are never לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle satisfied תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה H7646 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural so the eyes וְעֵינֵ֥י H5869 Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc of man הָ֝אָדָ֗ם H120 Article | Noun - masculine singular are never לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle satisfied תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃ H7646 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural

BSB notes

Or Death and Destruction

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