Bible verse
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Proverbs 30:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 30.
8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
10 Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
11 There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
13 There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
14 there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
16 Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
KJV
[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.
ASV
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
ERV
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes; and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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