Proverbs 30:8
Keep me from being false, help me not to tell lies. Don't make me poor or rich; just provide me with the food I need.
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Genesis 28:20Jacob also made a solemn promise, saying, “God, if you will be with me, and take care of me on my journey, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear
Exodus 16:15When the Israelites saw it, they asked each another, “What is it?” because they had no idea what it was. So Moses explained to them, “It's the bread the Lord has provided for you to eat.
Exodus 16:21So each morning everyone collected as much as they needed, and when the sun became hot, it melted away to nothing.
Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to the land where they would settle down—they ate manna until they arrived at the border of Canaan.
Job 23:12I have not neglected his commands, for I value what he has told me to do more than the food I eat every day.
Psalms 119:29Stop me fooling myself; kindly teach me your law.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:8-10
The Prayer of Agur. 7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. After Agur's confession and creed, here follows his litany, where we may observe, I. The preface to his prayer: Two things have I required (that is, requested ) of thee, O God! Before we go to… Read the whole commentary →