Proverbs 30:8
Put vanity and lies far away from me. 1 Give me neither poverty nor riches, 1 just give me the food I need. 1
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7Two things I ask of you, 1 do not withhold them from me before I die: 1
Cross References
Genesis 28:20Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will protect me on this road on which I am walking, and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to wear,
Exodus 16:15When the people of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” They did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that Yahweh has given you to eat.
Exodus 16:21They gathered it morning by morning. Each person gathered enough to eat for that day. When the sun became hot, it melted.
Exodus 16:35The people of Israel ate manna forty years until they came to inhabited land. They ate it until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Job 23:12I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; 1 I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. 1
Psalms 119:29Turn from me the path of deceit; 1 graciously teach me your law. 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 →