Then Jacob made 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 clothing to wear,
Proverbs 30:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Remove far from me vanity and lies: Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with food convenient for me: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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 (1901) Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me: Common English Bible Fraud and lies— keep far from me! Don’t give me either poverty or wealth; give me just the food I need. Catholic Public Domain Version Remove, far from me, vanity and lying words. Give me neither begging, nor wealth. Apportion to me only the necessities of my life, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life: |
Then Jacob made 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 clothing to wear,
For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion every day, as long as he lived.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured his words in my bosom.
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; be gracious to me according to your word.
When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
But when they measured it with an omer, those who gathered much had nothing over, and those who gathered little had no shortage; they gathered as much as each of them needed.
See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you food for two days; each of you stay where you are; do not leave your place on the seventh day.”
The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a habitable land; they ate manna, until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
When your eyes light upon it, it is gone, for suddenly it takes wings to itself, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Woe to those who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood, who drag sin along as with cart ropes,
No one brings suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas; they speak lies, conceiving mischief and bearing iniquity.
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard, and a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
For his allowance, a regular daily allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, as long as he lived, up to the day of his death.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the person in charge of the banquet.” So they took it.
“People, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.