Proverbs 30:14 · KJV
“{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 30:14
{There is} a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
The 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}
Proverbs 30 — Context
{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}
16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth {that} is not filled with water; and the fire {that} saith not, {It is} enough.
Cross References
Psalms 57:4
My soul {is} among lions: {and} I lie {even among} them that are set on fire, {even} the sons of men, whose teeth {are} spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 3:7
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies {upon} the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Psalms 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. {the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders} {plucked: Heb. cast}
Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set {him} in safety {from him that} puffeth at him. {puffeth...: or, would ensnare him}
Revelation 9:8
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as {the teeth} of lions.
Psalms 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of {such as were} oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no comforter. {side: Heb. hand}