Verse Lens · Context pointer
Proverbs 30:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14There 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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Role in This Section
This verse 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...”.
Read It With
- Proverbs 30:10–14
The line at Proverbs 30:14 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...”. Its place in Proverbs 30:10–14 matters because the edited collection joins it to humility, teachability, pride, and reputation, justice, truthful judgment, and protection from exploitation, family teaching, responsibility, and mutual care.
Why It Needs Context
The line's necessary work is contextual: 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...”. The surrounding unit supplies the comparison, affected people, and outcome required for interpretation.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Proverbs 30:10–14 — Humility, teachability, pride, and reputation — Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee,...Sources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
Where care is needed
The verse belongs to a larger speech, instruction, prayer, number saying, or poem; its voice and complete literary movement control how strongly an isolated line may be stated.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, canonical order, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: Proverbs 30:10–14, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Proverbs
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology used only for the exact unit's lexical, grammatical, parallel, superscription, number-saying, and acrostic questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Prov.xml, OSIS 30:10-30:14
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