Which other scriptures highlight the insatiable nature of human desires? Our Key Verse “Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.” — Proverbs 27:20 Tracing the Theme in the Old Testament • Ecclesiastes 1:8 – “All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the ear content with hearing.” • Ecclesiastes 5:10 – “He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.” • Proverbs 30:15-16 – “The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, Give.’ There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: Sheol, a barren womb, land that is never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’” • Isaiah 5:14 – “Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its mouth beyond measure; into it will descend their nobles and masses, and all their revelers and carousers.” • Habakkuk 2:5 – “Wine betrays the arrogant man; he is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death he is never satisfied….” • Haggai 1:5-6 – “You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but are not satisfied….” Echoes in the New Testament • Ephesians 4:19 – “Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.” • James 4:1-3 – Craving without fulfillment fuels conflict: “You crave what you do not have… you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.” • 1 Timothy 6:9-10 – “Those who want to be rich fall into temptation… harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.” • 1 John 2:16-17 – “The desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life… the world is passing away along with its desires.” Connecting the Dots • Scripture repeatedly pairs human desire with images of bottomless pits—Sheol, Abaddon, a leech, an ever-open mouth. • Whether the craving is for wealth (Ecclesiastes 5), power (Habakkuk 2), or pleasure (Ephesians 4), the result is the same: more never satisfies. • The pattern bridges both Testaments, affirming that the human heart, apart from God, remains restless and unfulfilled. Why This Matters • Recognizing the insatiable pull of fallen desires exposes the futility of chasing “more.” • Every text above points beyond itself to the only true satisfaction—God’s provision in Christ, the One who offers “living water” that ends thirst (John 4:14). |
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