Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to his words, 1 or he will discipline you, 1 and you will be proved to be a liar. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
In Context
5Every word of God is tested; 1 he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 1
7Two things I ask of you, 1 do not withhold them from me before I die: 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatever I command you, observe it. Do not add to it or take away from it.
Job 13:7Will you speak unrighteously for God, 1 and will you talk deceitfully for him? 1
Revelation 22:18I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written about 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 →