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

20Sheol 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 2:16Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 1:8Classic cross-references Proverbs 30:15Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 6:7Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 4:8Classic cross-references

Original words

Sheolשְׁא֣וֹלH7585Noun - common singularand AbaddonוַאֲבַדֹּהH11Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructare neverלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlesatisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָהH7646Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine pluralso the eyesוְעֵינֵ֥יH5869Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdcof manהָ֝אָדָ֗םH120Article | Noun - masculine singularare neverלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlesatisfiedתִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃H7646Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural

BSB notes

Or Death and Destruction

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