Proverbs 30:7

Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

In Context

6Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

8Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:9And it cometh to pass, at their passing over, that Elijah hath said unto Elisha, 'Ask, what do I do for thee before I am taken from thee?' and Elisha saith, 'Then let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit unto me;'

Psalms 27:4One [thing] I asked of Jehovah — it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, 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 →

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