Proverbs 27:20
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20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and human eyes are never satisfied.(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:8
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8 All things[a] are wearisome,
more than one can express;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.(A)
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- 1.8 Or words
1 John 2:16
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16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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Proverbs 30:15-16
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15 The leech has two daughters;
“Give, give,” they cry.
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough”:
16 Sheol, the barren womb,
the earth ever-thirsty for water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”(A)
Habakkuk 2:5
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5 Moreover, wealth[a] is treacherous;
the arrogant do not endure.
They open their throats wide as Sheol;
like Death they never have enough.
They gather all nations for themselves
and collect all peoples as their own.(A)
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- 2.5 Q mss: MT wine
Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
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10 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure from all my toil, and this was my reward from all my toil.(A) 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
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8 the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
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10 The lover of money will not be satisfied with money, nor the lover of wealth with gain. This also is vanity.(A)
11 When goods increase, those who eat them increase, and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
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Jeremiah 22:17
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17 But your eyes and heart
are only on your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.(A)
Proverbs 23:5
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5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 15:11
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11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
how much more human hearts!(A)
Job 26:6
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6 Sheol is naked before God,
and Abaddon has no covering.(A)
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