Proverbs 30:11-14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

There is a generation, &c.— These verses seem to contain cautions against keeping company with certain persons;

1. Those who are ungrateful to their parents;

2 dissembling hypocrites, Proverbs 30:12;

3 supercilious proud men, Proverbs 30:13;

4 cruel and uncompassionate men; tyrants, extortioners, calumniators, &c.

Proverbs 30:11-14

11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.