Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:
Cross References
Genesis 28:20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Exodus 16:15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: 'What is it?' — for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them: 'It is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Exodus 16:21And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.
Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Job 23:12I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Psalms 119:29Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me Thy law graciously.
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 →