OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 27:20

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Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

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Verse 20. Destruction. Hebrew abaddo, or abadon. Calmet. 15:11. Revelation 9:11. People die, and are plunged in hell daily.—Eyes. Avarice and ambition. Sirach 14:9.

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Sheol is the place of the dead.

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