Proverbs 30:14

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Summary

There 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.

To devour

Bible References

To devour

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.

So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"

Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,

You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

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Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.