Proverbs 30:8
Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:
Cross References
Genesis 28:20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,—If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on;
Exodus 16:15And when the sons of Israel saw it they said one to another—What is that? For they knew not what "that" was. Then said Moses unto them, "That" is the bread which Yahweh hath given you to eat.
Exodus 16:21Thus then they gathered it morning by morning, each man what he needed for eating, and as soon as the sun waxed hot, so soon it melted.
Exodus 16:35And, the sons of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they entered into the land wherein they were to dwell,—the manna, they did eat until they entered into the bounds of the land of Canaan.
Job 23:12The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
Psalms 119:29The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
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 →