Proverbs 27:20

Hell. Sheol. App-35.

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²⁰ Hell and destruction are nevere full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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