Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me:
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
7Two things have I asked of thee; deny me them not before 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 that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Exodus 16:15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Exodus 16:21And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Job 23:12I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Psalms 119:29Remove from me the way of falsehood: and grant me thy law graciously.
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 →