Proverbs 30:14
“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.”
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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Related Verses
“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.”
“A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.”
“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:”
“The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.”