Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed [clean] of its filthiness.
Leeser Tanakh
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 its father, and doth not bless its mother.
13There is a generation—O how lofty are its eyes! and its eyelids are so lifted up.
Cross References
Judges 17:13Then said Micah, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have obtained a Levite for priest.
Job 33:9“I am pure without transgression, I am quite clean; and there is no iniquity in me:
Psalms 51:2(51:4) Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Proverbs 16:2Every one of the ways of a man is pure in his own eyes; but the Lord measureth the spirits.
Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
Jeremiah 2:22For though thou wash thyself with natron, and take for thyself much soap: yet would the stain of thy iniquity remain before me, saith the Lord Eternal.
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 →