Proverbs 30:6
Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
In Context
5Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
7I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.
Job 13:7Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?
Revelation 22:18For I say to every man to whose ears have come the words of this prophet's book, If any man makes an addition to them, God will put on him the punishments which are in this book:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:2-7
The Words of Agur. 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst… Read the whole commentary →