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Proverbs 30:9

ContentmentMoney and wealthFaithPoverty and the vulnerable

7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

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

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

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BSB
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
KJV
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
WEB
lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
ASV
Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.
DARBY
lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
BLB
lest I become satisfied and I deny and say, ‘Who [is] YHWH?’ And lest I become dispossessed and steal, and I seize the name of my God.
ÅB
for at jeg ikke når jeg blir mett, skal fornekte deg og si: Hvem er Herren? og ikke når jeg blir fattig, stjele og forbanne min Guds navn!
OTB
Ellers kan jeg få for mye og fornekte deg og si: 'Hvem er Herren?' Eller jeg kan bli fattig og stjele, og slik vanære min Guds navn.
B1930
forat jeg ikke når jeg blir mett, skal fornekte dig og si: Hvem er Herren? og ikke når jeg blir fattig, stjele og forbanne min Guds navn!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 13:6

    According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:20

    For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

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  • Ezekiel 16:49–50

    Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:10–14

    When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

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  • Nehemiah 9:25–26

    And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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  • Job 31:24–28

    If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

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  • Deuteronomy 6:10–12

    And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

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