Proverbs 30:14

WEB

¹⁴There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

KJV

¹⁴There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

BSB

¹⁴there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

FBV

¹⁴There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society.

Extra References

Psalms 57:4

⁴My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalms 3:7

⁷Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Psalms 14:4

⁴Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on the LORD?

Job 29:17

¹⁷I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

¹Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Psalms 58:6

⁶Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.

Amos 8:4

⁴Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Psalms 12:5

⁵“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

Revelation 9:8

⁸They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.

Psalms 10:8-9

⁸He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. ⁹He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.