Proverbs 30:8
Help me never to lie or deceive people and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. Just give me the food that I need;
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
7God, I ask you to do two things for me; please do them before I die:
Cross References
Genesis 28:20Jacob solemnly promised God, saying, “God, if you will help me and protect me while I am taking this journey, and if you give me enough food to eat and clothes to wear,
Exodus 16:15When the Israeli people saw it, since they had never seen it before and did not know what it was, they said to each other, “What is it?” Moses/I replied to them, “It is something Yahweh has given you to eat, to take the place of bread.
Exodus 16:21Each morning they gathered as much as they needed. But later, when the sun got hot, what was left on the ground melted.
Exodus 16:35The Israeli people were able to eat manna every day for 40 years, until they came to the border of Canaan land.
Job 23:12I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
Psalms 119:29Prevent me from doing what is wrong, and be kind to me by teaching me your laws.
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 →