Proverbs 30:12
A generation—pure in their own eyes, || But not washed from their own filth.
Literal Standard Version
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
11A generation lightly esteems their father, || And does not bless their mother.
13A generation—how high are their eyes, || Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.
Cross References
Judges 17:13and Micah says, “Now I have known that YHWH does good to me, for the Levite has been for a priest to me.”
Job 33:9I [am] pure, without transgression, || I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
Psalms 51:2Thoroughly wash me from my iniquity, || And cleanse me from my sin,
Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, || And YHWH is pondering the spirits.
Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourselves pure, || Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before My eyes, || Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
Jeremiah 2:22But though you wash with natron, || And multiply soap to yourself, || Your iniquity is marked before Me,” || A declaration of Lord YHWH.
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 →