Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to his words,lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
New Heart English Bible
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;do not deny me before I die:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish 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 →