Proverbs 30:14

14 Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.

Proverbs 30:14 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 30:14

[There is] a generation whose teeth [are as] swords
As sharp as swords; like such the beasts of prey have; cruel, barbarous, and inhuman creatures; see ( Psalms 57:4 ) ; and their jaw teeth as knives;
exceeding sharp and biting: to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men:
by their tyranny, oppression, and cruelty, to deprive them of the little they have; and even to take away their lives from them, and utterly destroy them; of this disposition are all tyrants and persecutors: such were Rome Pagan, compared to a red dragon in the times of the ten Heathen persecutions; and such is Rome Papal, signified by a beast, like a leopard, bear, and lion; and which has been drunk with the blood of the saints.

Proverbs 30:14 In-Context

12 Some people think they are pure, but they are not really free from evil.

13 Some people have such a proud look! They look down on others.

14 Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.

15 "Greed has two daughters named 'Give' and 'Give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, really four that never say, 'I've had enough!':

16 the cemetery, the childless mother, the land that never gets enough rain, and fire that never says, 'I've had enough!'