Proverbs 30:14
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth, and the needy from among men.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

whose

Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Job 29:17
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalm 57:4
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 58:6
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

Daniel 7:5-7
Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, 'Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!' . . .

Revelation 9:8
They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

to devour

Proverbs 22:16
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, or giving gifts to the rich, will surely lead to poverty.

Proverbs 28:3
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Psalm 10:8, 9
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. . . .

Psalm 12:5
"For the cause of the oppressed and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise, " says the LORD. "I will bring safety to him who yearns."

Psalm 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again, I observed all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Isaiah 32:7
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Amos 2:7
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father resort to the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink."

Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Micah 2:1, 2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. . . .

Micah 3:1-5
Then I said: "Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? . . .

Habakkuk 3:14
With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

James 5:1-4
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail for the misery to come upon you. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords And his jaw teeth like knives, To devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.

International Standard Version
Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

NET Bible
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A generation whose swords are its teeth, and daggers its molars, to consume the poor of earth and the afflicted of men.
Links
Proverbs 30:14 NIV
Proverbs 30:14 NLT
Proverbs 30:14 ESV
Proverbs 30:14 NASB
Proverbs 30:14 KJV

Proverbs 30:14 Bible Apps
Proverbs 30:14 Parallel
Proverbs 30:14 Biblia Paralela
Proverbs 30:14 Chinese Bible
Proverbs 30:14 French Bible
Proverbs 30:14 German Bible

Proverbs 30:14 Commentaries

Bible Hub
Proverbs 30:13
Top of Page
Top of Page