Proverbs 30:5

For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.

LXX2012 (British)

In The King James Version

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

In Context

4Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his + 30:4 Or, fold of his robe. bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

6Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be made a liar.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:1And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield you, your reward shall be very great.

Psalms 3:3But you, O Lord, are my helper: my glory, and the one that lifts up my head. 1

Psalms 19:8They are overthrown and fallen: but we are risen, and have been set upright. 1

Psalms 91:2to proclaim your mercy in the morning, and your truth by night, 1

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 →

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