Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
In Context
7God, I ask you to do two things for me; please do them before I die:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32“Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”
Job 13:7Are you telling lies about me to prove God is just in causing me to suffer? Are you saying what is deceitful in order to benefit him?
Revelation 22:18“I, Jesus, solemnly warn everyone who hears what I have foretold in this book: If anyone adds anything to this message, God will cause him to experience the plagues that are {that I have} described in this book.
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 →