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Proverbs 30:12

Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The Pharisee temper (compare the marginal reference).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 30:10-14

Here 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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Proverbs 30:11-14

Four generations, or classes of men that are detestable.