Proverbs 30:14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Revelation 9:8

they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth;

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.  Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Matthew 23:13

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.   ,

Zephaniah 3:3

The  princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for   the morning.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierce his head with his own spears; his warriors storm out to scatter us, gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’

Amos 2:7

They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and obstruct the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning my holy name.

Isaiah 32:7

The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies, even when the poor person says what is right.

Proverbs 28:3

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

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich #– #both lead only to poverty.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 30:15

The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, Give! ’ Three things  are never satisfied; four never say, ‘Enough! ’:

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord brings this charge against the elders and leaders of his people: ‘You have devastated the vineyard. The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

Job 41:14

Who can open his jaws, surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

Isaiah 3:15

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord  God of Armies.

Isaiah 10:2

to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:6

‘ “Look, every prince of Israel  within you has used his strength to shed blood.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.