Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose savage greed devours the poor and needy.

Cross-references · 24

• Ps 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Ps 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
• Ps 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
• Job 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
• Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
• Ps 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
• Ps 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
• Rev 9:8They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.
• Eccl 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
• Ps 10:8–9He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
• Mic 2:1–2Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Prov 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
• Prov 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
• Prov 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Mic 3:1–5Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
• Matt 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
• Amos 2:7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
• Isa 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
• Ps 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Zeph 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
• Jas 5:1–4Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Dan 7:5–7Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!’
• Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
• Hab 3:14With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

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