Proverbs 30:12
There is a class who are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Noyes Bible
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 class of men that curse their fathers, And do not bless their mothers.
13There is a class,—O how lofty are their eyes, And how are their eyelids lifted up!
Cross References
Job 33:9“I am pure, and without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
Psalms 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin!
Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; But the LORD weigheth the spirit.
Isaiah 1:16Wash you; make you clean; Put away your evil doings from before mine eyes;
Jeremiah 2:22For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity black before me, saith Jehovah.
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 →