Proverbs 30:6
Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
In Context
5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
7“Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
Job 13:7Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
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 which are written 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 →