Proverbs 30:13 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Proverbs 30:10–14

Read Proverbs 30:13 with 30:10–14. Read alone, “There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their…” could turn a compressed observation, warning, comparison, or command into a guarantee or complete policy. The full unit establishes: contributes the claim, image, or instruction “Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty”; by 30:14, it contributes the claim, image, or instruction “There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off…”. Together the unit concentrates on humility, teachability, pride, and reputation, justice, truthful judgment, and protection from exploitation, family teaching, responsibility, and mutual care within “Words of Agur and numbered observations.”

Why This Verse Appears Here

Proverbs 30:10–14 continues “A prayer for truth and sufficient provision” by carrying “Humility, teachability, pride, and reputation — Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee,…” within the same sustained discourse, admonition, numbered form, or poem. Within that relationship, this verse contributes the claim, image, or instruction “There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up”.