Proverbs 30:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:17 : 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 3:16 : 16 Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
Ezek 28:2-5 : 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God;— 3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you; 4 by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures; 5 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches;—
Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth you.
Dan 11:36-37 : 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done. 37 Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all.
Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
Prov 21:4 : 4 A high look, and a proud heart, [Even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
Ps 131:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.
2 Thess 2:3-4 : 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be,] except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, 4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he {G5613} {G2316} sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 30:11-12
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11There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
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Prov 30:14
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14There 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.
Ps 73:6-9
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6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Job 41:34
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34He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.
Prov 21:4
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4A high look, and a proud heart, [Even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Isa 5:15
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15And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
Ps 17:10-11
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69%
10They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
Isa 2:11-12
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69%
11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;
Ps 123:1
69%
1A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
Prov 30:17
69%
17The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
Isa 5:21
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21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Ps 36:1-2
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1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
Ps 131:1
68%
1A Song of Ascents; of David. Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.
Job 15:12
68%
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
Ezek 31:10
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10Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
Job 30:1
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1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 17:2
68%
2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
Job 35:5
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5Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Isa 3:16
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16Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
Prov 6:17
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17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
Isa 3:5
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5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
Hab 1:13
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13Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
Prov 4:25
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25Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Job 14:3
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Isa 32:3
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3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Rom 3:18
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18There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Prov 17:6
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6Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
Ps 24:6
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6This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, [even] Jacob. {H5542}
2 Sam 22:28
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Job 21:8
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8Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
Ps 75:5
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5Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.
Job 10:4
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4Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
Jer 13:15
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15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
Job 24:23
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23[ God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
Isa 3:9
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9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
Job 31:2
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2For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Eccl 5:8
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8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
Isa 26:11
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11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
Jer 5:28
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28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Ps 113:6
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6That humbleth himself to behold [The things that are] in heaven and in the earth?
Isa 2:14
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14and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
Obad 1:3
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3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Job 17:4
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4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].