Never Full

Some of you can eat an awful lot of food, which is fine, because you're growing boys and girls. Your parents may think you never get enough to eat. It may seem that way, but sooner or later, you get full (although it may take a few pizzas or burritos).
The Bible talks about a few things that are never full. Proverbs 27:20 says, "Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied." This verse is a comparison between two things. Each part personifies an inanimate object, death and our eyes.
The first part of the comparison says that hell and destruction are never full. The grave, or death, never has enough. There is never a time when Death says, "Well, enough people have died." People are always dying. It's one of the certitudes of life. Benjamin Franklin was famous for saying, "'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
Just as death is never satisfied, so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Obviously, the writer is not talking about our physical eyeballs; rather, the proverb speaks of man's desire to have things. He sees something, he wants it, and he tries to get it. When he finally gets it, he makes a disappointing discovery: it doesn't satisfy. Have you ever been let down after waiting a long time for something? After days or weeks or months of excitement and buildup, when you finally get to do whatever or have that thing, it just can't live up to the anticipation.
What we see that our sinful hearts think will make us happy never satisfies. Some people think that if they can just pleasure themselves, maybe with a vacation, alcohol, food, music, or pornography, they will be happy. But as soon as they get back from vacation or sobered up, they crave something more. It does not satisfy. Some people think that getting a possession or more money will fulfill them. It does not. Others think that if they can get in the right crowd, with cool friends, or some position of power, that will satisfy. All of these people learn the truth of this proverb the hard way. The eyes of man are never satisfied.