There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. Treasury of Scripture that are Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD ponders the hearts. Judges 17:5,13 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest... 1 Samuel 15:13,14 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed be you of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD... Job 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. Psalm 36:2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. Isaiah 65:5 Which say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose... Jeremiah 2:22-24,35 For though you wash you with nitre, and take you much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, said the Lord GOD... Luke 11:39-40 And the Lord said to him, Now do you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter... Luke 16:15 And he said to them, You are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts... Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortionists, unjust, adulterers... 2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. Titus 1:15,16 To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure... 1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us... not Psalm 51:2,7 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin... Isaiah 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you? Ecclesiastes 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed... Isaiah 32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words... Amos 2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek... Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy... Amos 8:4 Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Micah 2:1,2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it... Micah 3:1-5 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment... Habakkuk 3:14 You did strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me... Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. Matthew 23:14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer... James 5:1-4 Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you...
Context The Words of Agur
1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal, 2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. 4Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell? 5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him. 6Add you not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar. 7Two things have I required of you; deny me them not before I die: 8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 10Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty. 11There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother. 12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 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. 15The horse leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough: 16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that said not, It is enough. 17The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not: 19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and said, I have done no wickedness. 21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with meat; 23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 24There be four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 28The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. 29There be three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going: 30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any; 31A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. 32If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth. 33Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Darby Bible Translation
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
King James Bible
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Young's Literal Translation
A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
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