Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
13There is a generation, whose eies are hautie, and their eye liddes are lifted vp.
Cross References
Judges 17:13Then said Michah, Nowe I know that the Lord will be good vnto me, seeing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.
Job 33:9I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.
Psalms 51:2Wash me throughly from mine iniquitie, and clense me from my sinne.
Proverbs 16:2All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.
Isaiah 1:16Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.
Jeremiah 2:22Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquitie is marked before me, sayeth the Lord God.
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 →