Proverbs 30:13
A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
Young's Literal Translation
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 their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
Cross References
Psalms 131:1A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.
Proverbs 21:4Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.
Isaiah 3:16'Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,
Ezekiel 28:9Dost thou really say, 'I [am] God,' Before him who is slaying thee? And thou [art] man, and not God, In the hand of him who is piercing thee.
Habakkuk 2:4Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.
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 →