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Proverbs 30:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men. "

Proverbs 30:14

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12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

15 “The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:

16 Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’

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Proverbs 30:1

"The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:"

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"“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding."

Proverbs 30:3

"I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One."

Proverbs 30:4

"Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?"

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Proverbs 30:6

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