Proverbs 27:20

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• Ecclesiastes 1:8
  All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
• 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
• Proverbs 30:15–16
  The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
• Ecclesiastes 6:7
  All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
• Habakkuk 2:5
  …and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
• Ecclesiastes 4:8
  There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
• Ecclesiastes 2:10–11
  Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
• Ecclesiastes 5:10–11
  He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
• Jeremiah 22:17
  “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
• Proverbs 23:5
  When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
• Proverbs 15:11
  Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
• Job 26:6
  Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

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James 4:13–17

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Abaddon: The angel of the bottomless pit, meaning "destruction"

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Abaddon· Hades· Hezekiah· Place of the Dead· Proverbs, Book of

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Curiosity: General Scriptures Concerning· Eye of Evil Desire, Never Satisfied· Hades: The Realm (State) of the Dead· Hell in the RV the Word |Sheol| Itself Occurs in the Following Scriptures· The Eye: Not Satisfied with Seeing