Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life: remove Proverbs 21:6 He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death. Proverbs 22:8 He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed. Proverbs 23:5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven. Psalm 62:9,10 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive. . . . Psalm 119:29,37 Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me. . . . Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. Isaiah 5:18 Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart. Isaiah 59:4 There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity. John 2:8 And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. Acts 14:15 And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them: feed Genesis 28:20 And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way, by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, Genesis 48:15,16 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day: . . . Exodus 16:15,18,21,22,29,35 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: Manhu! which signifieth: What is this! for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them: This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. . . . Matthew 6:11,33 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. . . . Luke 11:3 Give us this day our daily bread. 1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. . . . convenient for me or of my allowance 2 Kings 25:30 And he appointed him a continual allowance, which was also given him by the king, day by day, all the days of his life. Jeremiah 52:34 And for his diet a continual provision was allowed him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion, until the day of his death, all the days of his life. Context The Words of Agur…7Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die. 8Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:9Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.… Cross References Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. 1 Timothy 6:8 But having food and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content. Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. Proverbs 30:7 Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die. Lexicon Keep falsehoodשָׁ֤וְא ׀ (šāw) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness and deceitful כָּזָ֡ב (kā·zāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing words וּֽדְבַר־ (ū·ḏə·ḇar-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause far הַרְחֵ֬ק (har·ḥêq) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7368: To be or become far or distant from me. מִמֶּ֗נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of Give me תִּֽתֶּן־ (tit·ten-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set neither אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 408: Not poverty רֵ֣אשׁ (rêš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7389: Poverty nor riches; וָ֭עֹשֶׁר (wā·‘ō·šer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6239: Wealth feed me הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִי (haṭ·rî·p̄ê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2963: To pluck off, pull to pieces, to supply with food with the bread לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain that is my portion. חֻקִּֽי׃ (ḥuq·qî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute Additional Translations Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me: Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me; 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, Jump to Previous Allotted Bread Cause Convenient Daily Deception Eat Enough False. Falsehood Far Feed Food Foolish Great Lies Need Needful Portion Poverty Remove Riches Vanity Wealth WordJump to Next Allotted Bread Cause Convenient Daily Deception Eat Enough False. Falsehood Far Feed Food Foolish Great Lies Need Needful Portion Poverty Remove Riches Vanity Wealth WordExternal Links Proverbs 30:8 NIVProverbs 30:8 NLT Proverbs 30:8 ESV Proverbs 30:8 NASB Proverbs 30:8 ASV Proverbs 30:8 Bible Apps Proverbs 30:8 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 30:8 Chinese Bible Proverbs 30:8 French Bible Proverbs 30:8 German Bible Alphabetical: and bread but daily deception falsehood far Feed food from give is Keep lies me my neither nor only portion poverty riches that the with OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies (Prov. 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