Proverbs 30:14

a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.

Darby Translation

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, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!

15The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

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Cross References

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

Psalms 3:7Arise, Jehovah; save me, my God! For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheekbone, thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.

Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.

Psalms 57:5Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!

Proverbs 12:18There is that babbleth 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 →

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