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 Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
13A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.
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 12:5Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me, will rejoice when I am moved:
Psalms 52:2They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that doth good.
Psalms 57:5Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:
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 →