Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, 2 yet are not washed from their filthiness. 1

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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 curses their father, 2 and does not bless their mother. 1

13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! 2 Their eyelids are lifted up. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my depravity (moral evil). 2 Cleanse me from my habitual sin ·missing the mark·. 1

Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; 2 but Adonai weighs the motives. 1

Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. 2 Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. 2 Cease to do evil. 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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