Proverbs 30:14

Four Kinds Of People

¹³ There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up. ¹⁴ There 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. ¹⁵ "The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

Face of the Earth

Of The Earth

Job 29:17

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

Psalm 14:4

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

Psalm 57:4

My 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.

Amos 8:4

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

Psalm 3:7

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

Psalm 10:8-9

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

Psalm 12:5

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

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 58:6

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

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Proverbs 28:3

A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then 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.

Isaiah 32:7

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Daniel 7:5-7

Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.

Amos 2:7

They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

Amos 4:1

Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, "Bring us drinks!"

Micah 2:1-2

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 3:1-5

I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

Matthew 23:13

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

James 5:1-4

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

Revelation 9:8

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