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Proverbs 30:12
Proverbs 30:12
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Proverbs 30 — OverviewProverbs 30 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis and the following chapter are an appendix to Solomon's proverbs;
but they are both expressly called prophecies in the first verses of
both, by which it appears that the penmen of them, whoever they were,…Proverbs 30 — OverviewProverbs 30 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeProverbs 30:1, Agur’s confession of his faith; Proverbs 30:7, The two points of his prayer; Proverbs 30:10, The meanest are not to be wronged; Proverbs 30:11, Four wicked generations; Proverbs 30:15, Four things…Proverbs 30 — OverviewProverbs 30 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 30 contains the words of Agur son of Jakeh — a man who begins by confessing his own ignorance and unworthiness before God. From that posture of humility he asks for two things: freedom from lies and just enough…Proverbs 30:10-14Proverbs 30:10-14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. A caution not to abuse other people's servants any more
than our own, nor to make mischief between them and their masters, for
it is an ill office, invidious, and what will make a man odious, v. 10.…Proverbs 30:12Proverbs 30:12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes,.... Not in the eyes of God, who sees the heart, and all the impurities of it, as well as of life and conversation; nor in the eyes of others, though such may…Proverbs 30:12Proverbs 30:12 · Little Bible — for children and parentsThe second wicked generation is one of self-righteousness. They believe themselves to be morally clean while remaining unwashed from genuine moral filth. This is a portrait of self-deception — the spiritual blindness…