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Proverbs 30:14 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 30 · verse 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.Proverbs 30:14 · King James Version
Proverbs 30:14 in context
12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14There 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:
16The 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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Key words (Strong's)
- generationdôwrproperly, a revolution of timeH1755 →
- swordscherebdroughtH2719 →
- knivesmaʼăkelethsomething to eat with,i.e. a knifeH3979 →
- devourʼâkalto eatH398 →
- teethshêna toothH8127 →
- teethmᵉthallᵉʻâhproperly, a biterH4973 →
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Here is, I. A caution not to abuse other people's servants any more than our own, nor to make mischief between them and their masters, for it is an ill office, invidious, and what will make a man odious, Pro 30:10. Consider, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-14