Proverbs 30:13
A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
In Context
12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Cross References
Psalms 131:1Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:
Proverbs 21:4Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.
Isaiah 3:16And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:
Ezekiel 28:9Wilt thou yet say before them that slay thee: I am God; whereas thou art a man, and not God, in the hand of them that slay thee?
Habakkuk 2:4Behold, he that is unbelieving, his soul shall not be right in himself: but the just shall live in his 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 →