Proverbs 30:13 · KJV
“{There is} a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.”
— Proverbs 30:13
{There is} a generation {that are} pure in their own eyes, and {yet} is not washed from their filthiness.
{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.
Proverbs 30 — Context
{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.
15The horseleach hath two daughters, {crying}, Give, give. There are three {things that} are never satisfied, {yea}, four {things} say not, {It is} enough: {It is...: Heb. Wealth}
Cross References
Proverbs 6:17
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, {A proud...: Heb. Haughty eyes}
Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Psalms 101:5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Psalms 131:1
[A Song of degrees of David.] LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. {exercise...: Heb. walk} {high: Heb. wonderful}
Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I {am} God? but thou {shalt be} a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. {of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth}
Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul {which} is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Daniel 11:36-37
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a proud heart, {and} the plowing of the wicked, {is} sin. {An...: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes} {the plowing: or, the light}