What does Proverbs 27:20 mean?

Proverbs 27:20 highlights themes such as satisfaction, human nature, desire when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 27:20 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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

21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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Proverbs 30:15
Both verses discuss the insatiable nature of human desires.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
The idea that nothing can truly satisfy human longing is a common theme.
1 John 2:16
The lust of the eyes and flesh reflects the never-satisfied nature of humanity.