Proverbs 30:8
Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.
Cross References
Genesis 28:20And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, 'Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on —
Exodus 16:15And the sons of Israel see, and say one unto another, 'What [is] it?' for they have not known what it [is]; and Moses saith unto them, 'It [is] the bread which Jehovah hath given to you for food.
Exodus 16:21And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted.
Exodus 16:35And the sons of Israel have eaten the manna forty years, until their coming in unto the land to be inhabited; the manna they have eaten till their coming in unto the extremity of the land of Canaan.
Job 23:12The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
Psalms 119:29The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law 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 →