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Proverbs 30:14

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 30:12

    There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

  2. Proverbs 30:13

    There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

  3. Proverbs 30:15

    The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

  4. Proverbs 30:16

    The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

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