Proverbs 30:14

A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.

15The horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.

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Cross References

Job 29:17And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; 1 I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth. 1

Psalms 3:7I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, 1 Who beset me round about. 1

Psalms 12:5But I have hoped in thy mercy; 1 My heart shall exult in thy salvation. 1

Psalms 52:2The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. 1 They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: 1 There is none that does good. 1

Psalms 57:5Their venom is like that of a serpent; 1 As that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears; 1

Proverbs 12:18Some wound as they speak, like swords; 1 But the tongues of the wise heal. 1

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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