Proverbs 30:14

Four Kinds Of People

¹³ There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully. ¹⁴ There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race. ¹⁵ The leech has two daughters: "Give! Give!" There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, "Enough" --

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Job 29:17

I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

Psalm 14:4

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.

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Amos 8:4

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

Psalm 3:7

Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 10:8-9

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

Psalm 12:5

"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."

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Psalm 58:6

O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!

Proverbs 12:18

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

Proverbs 22:16

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.

Proverbs 28:3

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

Ecclesiastes 4:1

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.

Isaiah 32:7

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.

Daniel 7:5-7

"Then a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, 'Get up and devour much flesh!'

Amos 2:7

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.

Amos 4:1

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!"

Micah 2:1-2

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.

Micah 3:1-5

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

Habakkuk 3:14

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.

Zephaniah 3:3

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.

Matthew 23:13

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

James 5:1-4

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

Revelation 9:8

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