A moment in scripture
Proverbs 27:20
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Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
- Proverbs 27:19
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
- Proverbs 27:21
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
- Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.