Devine Scripture

Proverbs 30:8

Proverbs chapter 30 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

Context

v.7Two things have I asked of thee; Deny methemnot before I die:

v.8This passage

v.9Lest I be full, and denythee, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:2

    Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

  • Job 23:12

    I 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 119:29

    Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.

  • Genesis 48:15

    And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,

  • Luke 11:3

    Give us day by day our daily bread.

  • Genesis 28:20

    And 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,