Proverbs 30:14

New King James Version

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And whose fangs are like knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.

Cross References

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men Who are set on fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 3:7

Arise, O Lord; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on the Lord?

Job 29:17

I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.

Revelation 9:8

They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun: And look! The tears of the oppressed, But they have no comforter— On the side of their oppressors there is power, But they have no comforter.

Psalm 58:6

Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

Psalm 12:5

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are evening wolves That leave not a bone till morning.

Habakkuk 3:14

You thrust through with his own arrows The head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, “Bring wine, let us drink!”

Amos 2:7

They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl, To defile My holy name.

Isaiah 32:7

Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice.

Proverbs 28:3

A poor man who oppresses the poor Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 124:6

Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

Proverbs 30:15

The leech has two daughters— Give and Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, “Enough!”:

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes: “For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Job 41:14

Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around?

Psalm 57:5

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let Your glory be above all the earth.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the faces of the poor?” Says the Lord God of hosts.

Isaiah 10:2

To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:6

“Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock.