Proverbs 30:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

Proverbs 30:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Jeremiah 2:35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Conceit Graces Haughtiness Heart Presumption Pride

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-14)

Here is, I. A caution not to abuse other people’s servants any more than our own, nor to make mischief between them and their masters, for it is an ill office, invidious, and what will make a man odious, Prov. 30:10. Consider, 1. It is an injury to the servant, whose poor condition makes him an object of pity, and therefore it is barbarous to add affliction to him that is afflicted: Hurt not a ser…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

11-14. Four kinds of hateful persons--(1) graceless children, (2) hypocrites, (3) the proud, (4) cruel oppressors (compare on Pr 30:14; Psa 14:4; 52:2)--are now illustrated; (1) Pr 30:15, 16, the insatiability of prodigal children and their fate; (2) Pr 30:17, hypocrisy, or the concealment of real character; (3 and 4) Pr 30:18-20, various examples of pride and oppression.