Proverbs 30:12 - Exposition

A generation that are pure in their own eyes ( Proverbs 20:9 ). The second characteristic is hypocrisy and Pharisaical self-righteousness ( see Luke 18:11 ). And yet are not washed from their filthiness ; have not cleansed their heart by complete repentance, either because they have not examined themselves and know nothing of the real state of their conscience, or because they care nothing about it and will not regard it in its true light. There is a similar expression in Isaiah 4:4 . Septuagint, "A wicked generation judgeth themselves to be just, but have not washed themselves clean ( τὴν ἔξοδον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπένιψεν )."