Proverbs 30:5 · KJV
“Every word of God {is} pure: he {is} a shield unto them that put their trust in him. {pure: Heb. purified}”
— Proverbs 30:5
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 tell?
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Proverbs 30 — Context
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. {have: Heb. know}
4Who 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 tell?
5Every word of God {is} pure: he {is} a shield unto them that put their trust in him. {pure: Heb. purified}
6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7Two {things} have I required of thee; deny me {them} not before I die: {deny...: Heb. withhold not from me}
Cross References
Psalms 18:30
{As for} God, his way {is} perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he {is} a buckler to all those that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}
Psalms 12:6
The words of the LORD {are} pure words: {as} silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, {and} easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. {partiality: or, wrangling}
Psalms 3:3
But thou, O LORD, {art} a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. {for: or, about}
Psalms 84:11
For the LORD God {is} a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good {thing} will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalms 119:140
Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. {pure: Heb. tried, or, refined}
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I {am} thy shield, {and} thy exceeding great reward.
Psalms 91:2
I will say of the LORD, {He is} my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.