Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

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Cross References

Psalms 131:1A Song of the going up. Of David. Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

Proverbs 21:4A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

Isaiah 3:16Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:

Ezekiel 28:9Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.

Habakkuk 2:4As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.

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 →

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