Proverbs 30:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Remove far from me vanity and lies: Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with food convenient for me:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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)

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

⁸ Remove, far from me, vanity and lying words. Give me neither begging, nor wealth. Apportion to me only the necessities of my life,

Proverbs 30:8 Cross References

Genesis 28:20

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,

2 Kings 25:30

and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, every day a portion, as long as he lived.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.

Psalm 119:29

Put false ways far from me; and graciously teach me thy law!

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; and give me life in thy ways.

Exodus 16:15

When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:18

But when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; each gathered according to what he could eat.

Exodus 16:29

See! The Lord has given you the sabbath, therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days; remain every man of you in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”

Exodus 16:35

And the people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land; they ate the manna, till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes to itself wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 30:7

Two things I ask of thee; deny them not to me before I die:

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,

Isaiah 59:4

No one enters suit justly, no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

Jeremiah 37:21

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.

Jeremiah 52:34

as for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king according to his daily need, until the day of his death as long as he lived.

Matthew 6:11

Give us this day our daily bread;

Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread;

John 2:8

He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast.” So they took it.

Acts 14:15

“Men, why are you doing this? We also are men, of like nature with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.