Proverbs 30:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

others are so greedy that they gobble up the poor and homeless.

Cross References

Job 29:17

When criminals attacked, I broke their teeth and set their victims free.

Job 41:14

Who would try to open its jaws, full of fearsome teeth?

Psalm 12:5

But you, LORD, tell them, “I will do something! The poor are ill-treated and helpless people moan. I'll rescue all who suffer.”

Psalm 124:6

Let's praise the LORD! He protected us from enemies who were like wild animals,

Psalm 14:4

Won't you evil people learn? You refuse to pray, and you gobble up the LORD's people.

Psalm 3:7

Come and save me, LORD God! Break my enemies' jaws and shatter their teeth,

Psalm 52:2

You plan brutal crimes, and your lying words cut like a sharp razor.

Psalm 57:4

I live among lions, who gobble up people! They have spears and arrows instead of teeth, and they have sharp swords instead of tongues.

Psalm 57:5

May you, my God, be honoured above the heavens; may your glory be seen everywhere on earth.

Psalm 58:6

My enemies are fierce as lions, LORD God! Shatter their teeth. Snatch out their fangs.

Proverbs 12:18

Sharp words cut like a sword, but words of wisdom heal.

Proverbs 22:16

Cheat the poor to make profit or give gifts to the rich— either way you lose.

Proverbs 28:3

When someone poor takes over and ill-treats the poor, it's like a heavy rain destroying the crops.

Proverbs 30:15

Greed has twins, each named “Give me!” There are three or four things that are never satisfied:

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I looked again and saw people being ill-treated everywhere on earth. They were crying, but no one was there to offer comfort, and those who ill-treated them were powerful.

Isaiah 10:2

that let you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans.

Isaiah 3:14

He will even judge you rulers and leaders of his own nation. You destroyed his vineyard and filled your houses by robbing the poor.

Isaiah 3:15

The LORD All-Powerful says, “You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dust the faces of the poor.”

Isaiah 32:7

Cruel people tell lies— they do evil things, and make cruel plans to destroy the poor and needy, even when they beg for justice.

Ezekiel 22:6

Your own leaders use their power to murder.

Ezekiel 34:3

You drink their milk and use their wool to make your clothes. Then you butcher the best ones for food. But you don't take care of the flock!

Amos 2:7

They throw the poor to the ground and push aside those who are helpless. My holy name is dishonoured, because fathers and sons sleep with the same young women.

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Amos 8:4

You people crush those in need and wipe out the poor.

Habakkuk 3:14

His troops had come like a storm, hoping to scatter us and glad to gobble us up. To them we were refugees in hiding— but you smashed their heads with their own weapons.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are roaring lions, its judges are wolves; in the evening they attack, by morning nothing is left.

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Revelation 9:8

Their hair was like a woman's long hair, and their teeth were like those of a lion.