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11 There are those who curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers.(A)
12 There are those who are pure in their own eyes,
    yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.(B)
13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes,
    how high their eyelids lift!—(C)
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.(D)

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11 There is a [a]kind of person who (A)curses his father
And does not bless his mother.
12 There is a [b]kind who is (B)pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
13 There is a [c]kind—oh how (C)lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.
14 There is a [d]kind of person whose (D)teeth are like swords
And his (E)jaw teeth like knives,
To (F)devour the poor from the earth
And the needy from among mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:11 Or generation
  2. Proverbs 30:12 Or generation
  3. Proverbs 30:13 Or generation
  4. Proverbs 30:14 Or generation