Proverbs 30:8

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“Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.”

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BSBPD

“Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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 · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 30:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 28:20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
  2. Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
  3. Exodus 16:15When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  4. Exodus 16:18When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
  5. Exodus 16:21Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
  6. Exodus 16:29Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
  7. Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
  8. 2 Kings 25:30And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
  9. Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
  10. Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
  11. Psalms 119:29Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
  12. Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
  13. Proverbs 13:5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
  14. Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
  15. Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
  16. Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
  17. Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
  18. Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
  19. Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
  20. Jeremiah 37:21So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
  21. Jeremiah 52:34And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
  22. Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
  23. Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
  24. Luke 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.

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