Proverbs 30:12 · KJV
“{There is} a generation {that are} pure in their own eyes, and {yet} is not washed from their filthiness.”
— Proverbs 30:12
{There is} a generation {that} curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
{There is} a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs 30 — Context
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. {Accuse...: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue}
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 needy from {among} men.
Cross References
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men {are}, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man {are} clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Jeremiah 2:35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man {is} right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
1 John 1:7-10
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Ezekiel 36:25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.