Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me shav (vanity, falsehood) and davar kazav (word of a liar); 1 give me neither poverty nor osher; 1 feed me lechem chukki (my daily bread); 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7Two things have I required of thee; 1 deny me them not before my mot; 1
Cross References
Genesis 28:20And Ya'akov vowed a neder (vow), saying, If Elohim will be with me, and will be shomer over me in this derech (way, journey) that I go, and will give me lechem to eat, and beged (clothes) to put on,
Exodus 16:15And when the Bnei Yisroel saw it, they said one to another, Mahn hu (What is it?) For they knew not mah hu (what [is] this). And Moshe said unto them, This is the lechem which Hashem hath given you to eat.
Exodus 16:21And they gathered it every boker, every man according to his eating [need]; and when the shemesh grew hot, it melted.
Exodus 16:35And the Bnei Yisroel did eat manna arba'im shanah, until they came to an eretz noshavet (an inhabited land); they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of Eretz Kena'an.
Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the mitzvah of His lips; 1 I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my appointed portion. 1
Psalms 119:29Remove from me the derech sheker; 1 and graciously grant me Thy torah. 1
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 →