Proverbs 30:7
"Two things I have asked of you;do not deny me before I die:
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
In Context
6Do not add to his words,lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:9It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you."Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me."
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the Lord, that I will seek after,that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,to see the Lord's beauty,and to inquire in his temple.
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 →