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18 Those who tend a fig tree eat its fruit;
    so those attentive to their master will be honored.
19 As face mirrors face in water,
    so the heart reflects the person.
20 Sheol and Abaddon can never be satisfied;(A)
    so the eyes of mortals can never be satisfied.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 27:20 Sheol, the underworld abode of the dead, is personified as a force that is never satisfied and always desires more. Cf. Is 5:14 and Hos 13:14. The saying is applicable to modern consumerism.