Proverbs 30:6
Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
In Context
5Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.
7Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,—thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.
Job 13:7Is it, for God, ye would speak perversely? And, for him, would ye speak deceit:
Revelation 22:18I, bear witness, unto every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this scroll:—If anyone shall lay aught upon them, God, will lay upon him, the plagues which are written in this scroll;
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 →