Proverbs 30:14

New Century Version

Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.

Cross References

Job 29:17

I broke the fangs of evil people and snatched the captives from their teeth.

Job 41:14

No one can force open its great jaws; they are filled with frightening teeth.

Psalm 12:5

But the Lord says, “I will now rise up, because the poor are being hurt. Because of the moans of the helpless, I will give them the help they want.”

Psalm 124:6

Praise the Lord, who did not let them chew us up.

Psalm 14:4

Don’t the wicked understand? They destroy my people as if they were eating bread. They do not ask the Lord for help.

Psalm 3:7

Lord, rise up! My God, come save me! You have struck my enemies on the cheek; you have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 52:2

You think up evil plans. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, making up lies.

Psalm 57:4

Enemies, like lions, are all around me; I must lie down among them. Their teeth are like spears and arrows, their tongues as sharp as swords.

Psalm 57:5

God is supreme over the skies; his majesty covers the earth.

Psalm 58:6

God, break the teeth in their mouths! Tear out the fangs of those lions, Lord!

Proverbs 12:18

Careless words stab like a sword, but wise words bring healing.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever gets rich by mistreating the poor, and gives presents to the wealthy, will become poor.

Proverbs 28:3

Rulers who mistreat the poor are like a hard rain that destroys the crops.

Proverbs 30:15

“Greed has two daughters named ‘Give’ and ‘Give.’ There are three things that are never satisfied, really four that never say, ‘I’ve had enough!’:

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the people who were mistreated here on earth. I saw their tears and that they had no one to comfort them. Cruel people had all the power, and there was no one to comfort those they hurt.

Isaiah 10:2

They are not fair to the poor, and they rob my people of their rights. They allow people to steal from widows and to take from orphans what really belongs to them.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord presents his case against the elders and other leaders of his people: “You have burned the vineyard. Your houses are full of what you took from the poor.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to crush my people and grind the faces of the poor into the dirt?” The Lord God All-Powerful says this.

Isaiah 32:7

The wicked person uses evil like a tool. He plans ways to take everything from the poor. He destroys the poor with lies, even when the poor person is in the right.

Ezekiel 22:6

“ ‘Jerusalem, see how each ruler of Israel in you has been trying to kill people.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the milk curds, and you clothe yourselves with the wool. You kill the fat sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

Amos 2:7

They walk on poor people as if they were dirt, and they refuse to be fair to those who are suffering. Fathers and sons have sexual relations with the same woman, and so they ruin my holy name.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan on the Mountain of Samaria. You take things from the poor and crush people who are in need. Then you command your husbands, “Bring us something to drink!”

Amos 8:4

Listen to me, you who walk on helpless people, you who are trying to destroy the poor people of this country, saying,

Habakkuk 3:14

With the enemy’s own spear you stabbed the leader of his army. His soldiers rushed out like a storm to scatter us. They were happy as they were robbing the poor people in secret.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officers are like roaring lions. Its rulers are like hungry wolves that attack in the evening, and in the morning nothing is left of those they attacked.

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop others who are trying to enter. [

Revelation 9:8

Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.