Proverbs 30:13
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A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.

Proverbs 6:17 A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,

Proverbs 21:4 Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.

Psalm 101:5 The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

Psalm 131:1 A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

Isaiah 2:11 The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 3:16 And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:

Ezekiel 28:2-5,9 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God. . . .

Daniel 11:36,37 And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against every god: and he shall speak great things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished. For the determination is made. . . .

Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, he that is unbelieving, his soul shall not be right in himself: but the just shall live in his faith.

2 Thessalonians 2:3,4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition . . .

Context
The Words of Agur
12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. 13A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.14A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.…
Cross References
Psalm 131:1
A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

Proverbs 6:17
A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,

Isaiah 2:11
The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 5:15
And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low.

Lexicon
There is a generation—
דּ֭וֹר (dō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

how
מָה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

haughty
רָמ֣וּ (rā·mū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

are their eyes,
עֵינָ֑יו (‘ê·nāw)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

and pretentious
יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ׃ (yin·nā·śê·’ū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

are their glances—
וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יו (wə·‘ap̄·‘ap·pāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6079: An eyelash, morning ray


Additional Translations
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes, and pretentious are their glances—There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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

A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.

there is a generation, -- how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!

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

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

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

A generation -- how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
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