Proverbs 30:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

Cross References

Job 29:17

By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

Job 41:14

Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

Psalm 12:5

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Psalm 124:6

Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

Psalm 3:7

Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.

Psalm 52:2

Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalm 57:5

O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

Psalm 58:6

O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

Proverbs 12:18

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

Proverbs 22:16

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

Proverbs 28:3

A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

Proverbs 30:15

The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:

Ecclesiastes 4:1

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Isaiah 10:2

Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

Isaiah 3:15

By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.

Isaiah 32:7

The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

Ezekiel 22:6

See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

Ezekiel 34:3

You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

Amos 2:7

Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:

Amos 4:1

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

Amos 8:4

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

Habakkuk 3:14

You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

Matthew 23:13

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

Revelation 9:8

And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.