“ Hell and destruction are nevere full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. ”
Hades, the world of the dead, and Destruction (Death, the destroying power, personified) have been at all times and in all countries thought of as all-devouring, insatiable (compare the marginal re...
A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. Proverbs 27:3 . cf. Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverb...
Hell . Sheol. App-35.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Hell and destruction are never full - How hideous must the soul of a covetous man be, when God compares it to hell and per...
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Hell and destruction (note, Proverbs 15:11 ) are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied - ( Ecclesia...
Sundry Observations. Agriculture 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant ( Song of Solomon 8:6 ). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be...
Hell and destruction. — See above on Proverbs 15:11 . The eyes of man are never satisfied. — Comp. Ecclesiastes 1:8 ; Ecclesiastes 4:8 . God would thus teach us that in Himself only can man f...
CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of...
“Hearty Counsel” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is friends , Proverbs 27:6 ; Proverbs 27:9-10 ; Proverbs 27:14 ; Proverbs 27:17 ; Proverbs 19:1-29 . Friends, according to...
Verse Proverbs 27:5 . This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14 . There is nothing more calculate...
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment th...
Hell and destruction are never full ,.... The grave, as the word used often signifies; and which may be called "destruction", because bodies laid in it are soon corrupted and destroyed; and though b...
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Ver. 20. Hell and destruction are never satisfied. ] Hell and the grave have their name in Hebrew from their unsatisfia...
Hell and destruction are never full The grave devours all the bodies which are put into it, and is always ready to receive and devour more and more without end; so the eyes of man are never satisf...
HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third...
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Two things are here said to be insatiable, and they are two things near of kin--death and sin. 1. Deat...
Hell and destruction are never full; the grave devours all the bodies which are put into it, and is always ready to receive and devour more and more without end. The eyes, i.e. the desires, which...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 27:20 . Hell and destruction , rather “ the world of the dead .” Eyes . Some understand the reference to be to the insatiableness of human passion. MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
grave Also; ( Proverbs 30:16 ), Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Proverbs 27:1 . Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or wha...
Proverbs 27:2 . Let another man praise thee. A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Je...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 27:1-20 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow. He boasts himself ( Proverbs 25:14 )...
Wisdom and Humility Go Hand in Hand
1 John 2:16 ; Ecclesiastes 1:8 ; Ecclesiastes 2:10 ; Ecclesiastes 2:11 ; Ecclesiastes 5:10 ; Ecclesiastes 5:11 ; Ecclesiastes 6:7 ; Habakkuk 2:5 ; Jeremiah 22:17 ; Proverbs 23:5 ; Proverbs...
Making the Most of Life Proverbs 27:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Te...
Hell — The grave devours all the bodies which are put into it, and is always ready to receive and devour more. The eyes — The desires, which discover themselves by the eyes.