Proverbs 27:20

Which verses does Proverbs 27:20 point to?

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1. Ecclesiastes 1:824 votes

   All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

2. 1 John 2:1617 votes

   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.

3. Proverbs 30:15–1615 votes

   The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

4. Ecclesiastes 6:713 votes

   All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

5. Habakkuk 2:510 votes

   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.

6. Ecclesiastes 2:10–118 votes

   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. Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

7. Ecclesiastes 4:88 votes

   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.

8. Ecclesiastes 5:10–117 votes

   He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

9. Jeremiah 22:176 votes

   “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

10. Proverbs 15:115 votes

    Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!

11. Proverbs 23:55 votes

    When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

12. Job 26:64 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 27:20?

Ranked by reader votes.

• 1 John 2:16 24
• Ecclesiastes 1:8 10
• Ecclesiastes 4:8 10
• Proverbs 30:16 9
• Habakkuk 2:5 6
• Psalm 16:10 5
• Proverbs 15:11 5
• Isaiah 5:14 5
• 1 Samuel 28:6 2
• Psalm 55:23 2