Proverbs 30:6
Do not add aught unto his words: lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
In Context
5Every saying of God is purified: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.
7Two things do I request of thee: deny them not to me before I die.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32(13:1) What thing soever I command you, even that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, and thou shalt not diminish therefrom.
Job 13:7Will ye speak wrong things for God? and will ye speak for him deceitfully?
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 →