Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

So

Proverbs 23:5
When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
Everything is wearisome, more than man is able to express. The eye is never satisfied by seeing, nor the ear by hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Whenever I wanted something I had seen, I never refused that desire. Instead, I enjoyed everything I did, and this became the reward in what I had undertaken.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Whoever loves money will never have enough money. Whoever loves luxury will not be content with abundance. This also is pointless.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied.
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and heart are on nothing but your dishonest gain, shedding the blood of innocent people, and practicing oppression and extortion."
1 John 2:16
For everything that is in the world the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance is not from the Father but is from the world.

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Proverbs 30:16
The afterlife, the barren womb, earth that still demands water, and fire they never say, "Enough".

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