Proverbs 30:8 · KJV
“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: {convenient...: Heb. of my allowance}”
— Proverbs 30:8
Two {things} have I required of thee; deny me {them} not before I die: {deny...: Heb. withhold not from me}
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}. {deny...: Heb. belie thee}
Proverbs 30 — Context
Add 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}
8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: {convenient...: Heb. of my allowance}
9Lest 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}. {deny...: Heb. belie thee}
10Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. {Accuse...: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue}
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:6-8
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Psalms 62:9-10
Surely men of low degree {are} vanity, {and} men of high degree {are} a lie: to be laid in the balance, they {are} altogether {lighter} than vanity. {altogether: or, alike}
Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; {and} quicken thou me in thy way. {Turn...: Heb. Make to pass}
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 11:3
Give us day by day our daily bread. {day by day: or, for the day}
Psalms 119:29
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}
Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.