Proverbs 30:8

Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

In Context

7Two things I ask of you; take not favor from me before I die.

9lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear vainly by the name of God.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and 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 this? for they knew not what it was; and Moses said to them,

Exodus 16:21And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted.

Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to the + 16:35 Gr. οἰκοuμένη. land they ate the manna, until they came to the region of Phoenicia.

Job 23:12neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.

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 →

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