Proverbs 30:13
A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
In Context
12A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
Cross References
Psalms 131:1O Yahweh, my heart, is not haughty, nor are mine eyes, lofty, neither have I moved among great matters, or among affairs too wonderful for me.
Proverbs 21:4Loftiness of eyes, and ambition of heart—the lamp of the lawless, are sin.
Isaiah 3:16Because haughty are the daughters of Zion, And they walk with neck thrown back, and wanton eyes,—Tripping along as they go, And with their feet, making, a tinkling sound,
Ezekiel 28:9Wilt thou really say, God, am I, before him who is slaying thee; When, thou, art a man and not a God, in the hand of them who are piercing thee?
Habakkuk 2:4Lo! as for the conceited one, crooked is his soul within him,- but, one who is righteous, by his faithfulness, shall live.
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 →