Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse.
Bible (Bishops')
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 that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.
13There is a generation that hath a proude loke, and doth cast vp their eye lyddes.
Cross References
Judges 17:13Then sayde Micah: Now I am sure that the Lord will be good vnto me, seing I haue a Leuite to my prieste.
Proverbs 16:2A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.
Isaiah 1:16Washe you, make you cleane, put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght: ceasse from doyng of euyll,
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 →