Proverbs 30:14

14 there are those whose teeth are swords, whose teeth are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mortals.

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 There are those who are pure in their own eyes yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.

13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!—

14 there are those whose teeth are swords, whose teeth are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mortals.

15 The leech has two daughters; "Give, give," they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":

16 Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, "Enough."