Proverbs 30:14

New International Version

those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

Cross References

Job 29:17

I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

Job 41:14

Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

Psalm 124:6

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

Psalm 14:4

Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord.

Psalm 3:7

Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 52:2

You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.

Psalm 57:4

I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 57:5

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

Psalm 58:6

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!

Proverbs 12:18

The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 22:16

One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

Proverbs 28:3

A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

Proverbs 30:15

“The leech has two daughters. ‘Give! Give!’ they cry. “There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.

Isaiah 10:2

to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

Isaiah 32:7

Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Ezekiel 22:6

“ ‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.

Amos 2:7

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use 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 and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!”

Amos 8:4

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

Habakkuk 3:14

With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her officials within her are roaring lions; her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

Revelation 9:8

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