Proverbs 30:6
Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved, and found a liar:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.
7Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.
Job 13:7Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?
Revelation 22:18For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written 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 →