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Proverbs 30:13 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Proverbs 30:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 30 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.”
Proverbs 30:13 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. This verse begins Agur's prophetic condemnation of four corrupt dor (דּוֹר, generation)—not merely age groups but character types perpetually recurring in human history. The Hebrew ramim (רָמִים, lofty) and nasa'u (נָשְׂאוּ, lifted up) describe haughty eyes, the quintessential biblical symbol of pride.Scripture consistently associates raised eyes with arrogance that precedes judgment. Psalm 131:1 contrasts the humble: "my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty." Isaiah 2:11 warns "the lofty looks of man shal...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 30:13
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“a lying tongue”
“the haughtiness of men will be bowed down”
“my heart isn't haughty”
“Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour”
“his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him”
“tell the prince of Tyre”
“I am God? but you are man”
“and magnify himself above every god”
“and a proud heart”
“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;,Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:, וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה יַעַן כִּי גָבְהוּ בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן וַתֵּלַכְנָה *נטוות **נְטוּיוֹת גָּרוֹן וּמְשַׂקְּרוֹת עֵינָיִם הָלוֹךְ וְטָפֹף תֵּלַכְנָה וּבְרַגְלֵיהֶם תְּעַכַּסְנָה׃ ,Moreover the LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with stretched-forth necks And wanton eyes, Walking and mincing as they go, And making a tinkling with their feet;,τί ὑμεῖς ἀδικεῖτε τὸν λαόν μου καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τῶν πτωχῶν καταισχύνετε 3:16 τάδε λέγει κύριος ἀνθ' ὧν ὑψώθησαν αἱ θυγατέρες σιων καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὑψηλῷ τραχήλῳ καὶ ἐν νεύμασιν ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ τῇ πορείᾳ τῶν ποδῶν ἅμα σύρουσαι τοὺς χιτῶνας καὶ τοῖς ποσὶν ἅμα παίζουσαι,Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:,,,,”