Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw teeth, knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

In Context

13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.

15The leach has two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [yea], four that do not say, Enough:

Read all of Proverbs 30

Cross References

Job 29:17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD. Save me, O my God. For thou have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone. Thou have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

Psalms 52:2Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 57:5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, thy glory above all the earth.

Proverbs 12:18There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:11-15

Four Wicked Generations. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Proverbs 30:14