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Proverbs 30:14 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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.
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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Proverbs 30:1
"The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,"
Proverbs 30:2
"Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man."
Proverbs 30:3
"I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy."
Proverbs 30:4
"Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?"
Proverbs 30:5
"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust"
Proverbs 30:6
"Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar."
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