Proverbs 30:14

A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

13A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.

15The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.

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Cross References

Job 29:17I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.

Psalms 3:7I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.

Psalms 12:5Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?

Psalms 52:2when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech

Psalms 57:5and he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 12:18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: 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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