Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poore from of the earth, & the needy from among men.

Bible (Bishops')

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 that hath a proude loke, and doth cast vp their eye lyddes.

15The horse leache hath two daughters crying: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied, yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe:

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:18A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

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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