Proverbs 30:9
For if I have too much, I might deny you and say, “Who is Yahweh?” 1 Or if I become poor, 1 I might steal and profane the name of my God. 1
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10Do not slander a slave before his master, 1 or he will curse you and you will be held guilty. 1
Cross References
Exodus 20:7You must not take the name of Yahweh your God, in vain, for I will not hold guiltless anyone who takes my name in vain.
Deuteronomy 6:10When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you, with large and very good cities that you did not build,
Deuteronomy 8:10You will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahweh your God for the good land that he has given you.
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— 1 you grew fat, you were too fat, and you had eaten your fill— 1 he abandoned the God who made him, 1 and he rejected the Rock of his salvation. 1
2 Chronicles 32:15Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this way. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people out of my hand, or out of the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my hand?”
Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, 1 and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in'; 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 →