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Prov. 30:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Amos 8:4• ⁴Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land, (Amos 8:4)

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Hab. 3:14• ¹⁴Thou didst strike through with his own spears the head of his leaders: They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me, Whose exulting was as to devour the afflicted secretly. (Hab. 3:14)

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Prov. 12:18• ¹⁸There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health. (Prov. 12:18)

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Job 29:17• ¹⁷And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. (Job 29:17)

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Psa. 3:7• ⁷Arise, Jehovah; save me, my God! For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheekbone, thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked. (Psa. 3:7)

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Psa. 52:2• ²Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit. (Psa. 52:2)

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Psa. 57:4• ⁴My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (Psa. 57:4)

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Psa. 58:6• ⁶O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. (Psa. 58:6)

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Dan. 7:5‑7• ⁵And behold, another beast, a second, like unto a bear, and it raised up itself on one side; and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and they said thus unto it: Arise, devour much flesh.
⁶After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird upon its back; and the beast had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
⁷After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceeding strong; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. (Dan. 7:5‑7)

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Rev. 9:8• ⁸and they had hair as women's hair, and their teeth were as of lions, (Rev. 9:8)

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Prov. 22:16• ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want. (Prov. 22:16)

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Prov. 28:3• ³A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. (Prov. 28:3)

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Psa. 10:8‑9• ⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
⁹He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net. (Psa. 10:8‑9)

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Psa. 12:5• ⁵Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)

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Psa. 14:4• ⁴Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah. (Psa. 14:4)

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Eccl. 4:1• ¹And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter. (Eccl. 4:1)

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Isa. 32:7• ⁷The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. (Isa. 32:7)

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Amos 2:7• ⁷panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name. (Amos 2:7)

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Amos 4:1• ¹Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink: (Amos 4:1)

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Amos 8:4• ⁴Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land, (Amos 8:4)

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Mic. 2:1‑2• ¹Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
²And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. (Mic. 2:1‑2)

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Mic. 3:1‑5• ¹And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
²Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
³and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.
⁴Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
⁵Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that cause my people to err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him: (Mic. 3:1‑5)

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Hab. 3:14• ¹⁴Thou didst strike through with his own spears the head of his leaders: They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me, Whose exulting was as to devour the afflicted secretly. (Hab. 3:14)

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Zeph. 3:3• ³Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning. (Zeph. 3:3)

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Matt. 23:14• ¹⁴(Verse 14 is omitted in this translation.) (Matt. 23:14)

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James 5:1‑4• ¹Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
²Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.
³Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.
⁴Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:1‑4)

• If any seek to correct them, or make them conscious of their true condition in the sight of God, they turn angrily upon him, as wild beasts, ready to rend with their teeth, which are like swords and knives. Even where there is no provocation, they can be cruel and treacherous, devouring the poor and the needy. See Proverbs 6:17 and 21:4. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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—a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.