Proverbs 30:14

A generation—their teeth [are] swords, || And their jaw-teeth [are] knives, || To consume the poor from earth, || And the needy from [among] men.

Literal Standard Version

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 generation—how high are their eyes, || Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.

15To the leech [are] two daughters—Give! Give! Behold, three things are not satisfied, || Four have not said “Sufficiency”;

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Cross References

Job 29:17And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, || And from his teeth I cast away prey.

Psalms 3:7Rise, O YHWH! Save me, my God! For You have struck all my enemies [on] the cheek. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, || Because of the groaning of the needy, || Now I arise, says YHWH, || I set in safety [him who] breathes for it.

Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises mischiefs, || Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

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

Proverbs 12:18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, || And the tongue of the wise is 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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