New American Standard Bible 1995

Proverbs 30:5-14

5Every 1word of God is tested; He is a 2shield to those who take refuge in Him.6 3Do not add to His words Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.

7Two things I asked of You, Do not refuse me before I die:8Keep deception and 4lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the 5food that is my portion,9That I not be 6full and deny 7You and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or that I not be 8in want and steal, And 9profane the name of my God.

10Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will 10curse you and you will be found guilty.

11There is a 11kind of man who 12curses his father And does not bless his mother.12There is a 13kind who is 14pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness.13There is a 15kind--oh how 16lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.14There is a 17kind of man whose 18teeth are like swords And his 19jaw teeth like knives, To 20devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men.

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Notes

1. Proverbs 30:5 Ps 12:6; 18:30 ↩
2. Proverbs 30:5 Ps 3:3; 84:11; Prov 2:7 ↩
3. Proverbs 30:6 Deut 4:2; 12:32; Rev 22:18 ↩
4. Proverbs 30:8 Lit words of falsehood ↩
5. Proverbs 30:8 Job 23:12; Matt 6:11 ↩
6. Proverbs 30:9 Deut 8:12; 31:20; Neh 9:25; Hos 13:6 ↩
7. Proverbs 30:9 Josh 24:27; Job 31:28 ↩
8. Proverbs 30:9 Prov 6:30 ↩
9. Proverbs 30:9 Ex 20:7 ↩
10. Proverbs 30:10 Eccl 7:21 ↩
11. Proverbs 30:11 Or generation ↩
12. Proverbs 30:11 Ex 21:17; Prov 20:20 ↩
13. Proverbs 30:12 Or generation ↩
14. Proverbs 30:12 Prov 16:2; Is 65:5; Luke 18:11; Titus 1:15, 16 ↩
15. Proverbs 30:13 Or generation ↩
16. Proverbs 30:13 Prov 6:17; Is 2:11; 5:15 ↩
17. Proverbs 30:14 Or generation ↩
18. Proverbs 30:14 Ps 57:4 ↩
19. Proverbs 30:14 Job 29:17 ↩
20. Proverbs 30:14 Ps 14:4; Amos 8:4 ↩

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