THEOSISProverbs 30:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
דּ֤וֹר ׀ חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽמַאֲכָל֢וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו לֶאֱכֹ֣ל עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵאֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵאָדָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 57 (56):4
- Ps 3:7I will not fear thousands of the people surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
- Ps 14 (13):4
- Job 29:17I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
- Rev 9:8And they had hair as the hair of women: and their teeth were as lions.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
- Ps 58 (57):6
- Eccl 4:1I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.