Proverbs 30:14

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Berean Standard Bible

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—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—

15The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

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Cross References

Job 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalms 57:5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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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