Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
In Context
11There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
13There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
Cross References
Judges 17:13Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.
Job 33:9I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:
Psalms 51:2\51:1\When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.
Proverbs 16:2All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.
Isaiah 1:16Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
Jeremiah 2:22For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
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 →