Proverbs 30:14 Cross References

Proverbs 30:14

14: They devour the poor with teeth as sharp as swords or knives. They destroy the needy from the face of the earth.

Psalms 57:4

  1. I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey--whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.

Psalms 3:7

  1. Arise, O LORD! Rescue me, my God! Slap all my enemies in the face! Shatter the teeth of the wicked!

Job 29:17

  1. I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and made them release their victims.

Psalms 14:4

  1. Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread; they wouldn't think of praying to the LORD.

Psalms 12:5

  1. The LORD replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do."

Amos 8:4

  1. Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample the needy!

Ecclesiastes 4:1

  1. Again I observed all the oppression that takes place in our world. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and the victims are helpless.

Revelation 9:8

  1. Their hair was long like the hair of a woman, and their teeth were like the teeth of a lion.

Proverbs 12:18

  1. Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.

Psalms 10:8

  1. They lurk in dark alleys, murdering the innocent who pass by. They are always searching for some helpless victim.
  2. Like lions they crouch silently, waiting to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture their victims and drag them away in nets.

Psalms 58:6

  1. Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O LORD!

Micah 2:1

  1. How terrible it will be for you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry out any of the wicked schemes you have power to accomplish.
  2. When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!

Habakkuk 3:14

  1. With their own weapons, you destroyed those who rushed out like a whirlwind, thinking Israel would be easy prey.

Proverbs 28:3

  1. A poor person who oppresses the poor is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

James 5:1

  1. Look here, you rich people, weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
  2. Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.
  3. Your gold and silver have become worthless. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh in hell. This treasure you have accumulated will stand as evidence against you on the day of judgment.
  4. For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

Amos 4:1

  1. Listen to me, you "fat cows" of Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and who are always asking your husbands for another drink!

Psalms 52:2

  1. All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you're an expert at telling lies.

Proverbs 22:16

  1. A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

Isaiah 32:7

  1. The smooth tricks of evil people will be exposed, including all the lies they use to oppress the poor in the courts.

Matthew 23:13

  1. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you won't let others enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and you won't go in yourselves.

Micah 3:1

  1. Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,
  2. but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
  3. You eat my people's flesh, cut away their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.
  4. Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to listen? After all the evil you have done, he won't even look at you!
  5. This is what the LORD says to you false prophets: "You are leading my people astray! You promise peace for those who give you food, but you declare war on anyone who refuses to pay you.

Daniel 7:5

  1. Then I saw a second beast, and it looked like a bear. It was rearing up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And I heard a voice saying to it, "Get up! Devour many people!"
  2. Then the third of these strange beasts appeared, and it looked like a leopard. It had four wings like birds' wings on its back, and it had four heads. Great authority was given to this beast.
  3. Then in my vision that night, I saw a fourth beast, terrifying, dreadful, and very strong. It devoured and crushed its victims with huge iron teeth and trampled what was left beneath its feet. It was different from any of the other beasts, and it had ten horns.

Amos 2:7

  1. They trample helpless people in the dust and deny justice to those who are oppressed. Both father and son sleep with the same woman, corrupting my holy name.

Zephaniah 3:3

  1. Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims--out for everything they can get. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.
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