Proverbs 30:8

New English Translation

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

2 Kings 25:30

He was given daily provisions by the king for the rest of his life until the day he died.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

Psalm 119:29

Remove me from the path of deceit! Graciously give me your law!

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!

Exodus 16:15

When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you for food.

Exodus 16:18

When they measured with an omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little lacked nothing; each one had gathered what he could eat.

Exodus 16:29

See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

Exodus 16:35

Now the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was inhabited; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

Proverbs 13:5

The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace.

Proverbs 21:6

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

Proverbs 22:8

The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

Proverbs 23:5

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Proverbs 30:7

Two things I ask from you; do not refuse me before I die:

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”

Isaiah 5:18

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

Isaiah 59:4

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

Jeremiah 37:21

Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the baker’s street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

Jeremiah 52:34

He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died.

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread,

Matthew 6:33

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread,

John 2:8

Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the head steward,” and they did.

Acts 14:15

“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.