Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
BSB
ASV
There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
KJV
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
A generation whose eyes are lofty, etc. As the Psalmist says: Lord, my heart is not exalted, etc. (Psalm CXXX).
Four kinds of hateful persons--(1) graceless children, (2) hypocrites, (3) the proud, (4) cruel oppressors (compare on Pr 30:14; 52:2) --are now illustrated;
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Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
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For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Psalms 131:1My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
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Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
