New American Standard Bible 2020

Proverbs 30:5-14

5Every 1word of God is 2pure; He is a 3shield to those who take refuge in Him.6 4Do not add to His words Or He will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

7Two things I have asked of You; Do not refuse me before I die:8Keep deception and 5lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the 6food that is my portion,9So that I will not be 7full and deny 8You and say, “Who is the Lord?” And that I will not become 9impoverished and steal, And 10profane the name of my God.

10Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will 11curse you and you will be found guilty.

11There is a 12kind of person who 13curses his father And does not bless his mother.12There is a 14kind who is 15pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness.13There is a 16kind--oh how 17lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.14There is a 18kind of person whose 19teeth are like swords And his 20jaw teeth like knives, To 21devour the poor from the earth And the needy from among mankind.

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Notes

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

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