Proverbs 30:13
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 30:13 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 30:13 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 30:13 — KJV
“There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.”
— Proverbs 30:13 (KJV)
Proverbs 30:13 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 30:13
“And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:”
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“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 30:13: eyes, lifted
“Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.”
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“And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.”
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“And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. to meditate: or, to pray”
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