Proverbs 30:12
There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
In context
9 lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
10 Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. 12 There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth. 13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift! 14 There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.
15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 30:12 in the KJV
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet is not washed from their filthiness.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 30:12 in the NIV
those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;