Proverbs 30:14

A generacioun that hath swerdis for teeth, and etith with hise wank teeth; that it ete nedi men of erthe, and the porails of men.

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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 generacioun whose iyen ben hiy, and the iye liddis therof ben reisid in to hiy thingis.

15The watir leche hath twei douytris, seiynge, Brynge, bringe. Thre thingis ben vnable to be fillid, and the fourthe, that seith neuere, It suffisith;

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Cross References

Job 29:17Y al tobrak the grete teeth of the wickid man, and Y took awei prey fro hise teeth.

Psalms 3:7I schal not drede thousyndis of puple cumpassynge me; Lord, rise thou vp; my God, make thou me saaf.

Psalms 12:5lest ony tyme myn enemye seie, Y hadde the maistri ayens hym. Thei, that troblen me, schulen haue ioie, if Y schal be stirid; forsothe Y hopide in thi merci.

Psalms 52:2Thei ben `corrupt, and maad abhomynable in her wickidnessis; noon is that doith good.

Psalms 57:5Woodnesse is to hem, bi the licnesse of a serpent; as of a deef snake, and stoppynge hise eeris.

Proverbs 12:18A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe.

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