Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. New Living Translation First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. English Standard Version Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, Berean Standard Bible Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. King James Bible Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: New King James Version Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me; New American Standard Bible Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, NASB 1995 Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, NASB 1977 Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, Legacy Standard Bible Keep worthlessness and every false word far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, Amplified Bible Keep deception and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, Christian Standard Bible Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth; feed me with the food I need. Holman Christian Standard Bible Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth; feed me with the food I need. American Standard Version Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me: Contemporary English Version Make me absolutely honest and don't let me be too poor or too rich. Give me just what I need. English Revised Version Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me: GOD'S WORD® Translation Keep vanity and lies far away from me. Don't give me either poverty or riches. Feed me [only] the food I need, Good News Translation keep me from lying, and let me be neither rich nor poor. So give me only as much food as I need. International Standard Version Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today, Majority Standard Bible Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. NET Bible Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread, New Heart English Bible Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me; Webster's Bible Translation Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: World English Bible Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionPut vanity and a lying word far from me, "" Do not give poverty or wealth to me, "" Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, Young's Literal Translation Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, Smith's Literal Translation Vanity and the word of falsehood remove far from me; thou wilt not give to me poverty and riches; feed me with bread of my allowance: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleRemove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life: Catholic Public Domain Version Remove, far from me, vanity and lying words. Give me neither begging, nor wealth. Apportion to me only the necessities of my life, New American Bible Put falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; provide me only with the food I need; New Revised Standard Version Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleRemove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; give me life sufficient Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Take emptiness and lying speech far from me, and do not give me poverty or wealth. Give me a living sufficient for me. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread; Brenton Septuagint Translation Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Words of Agur…7Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die: 8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. 9Otherwise, 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.… Cross References Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. Philippians 4:11-12 I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. / I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need. 1 Timothy 6:6-8 Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. / For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. / But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. Matthew 6:19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Hebrews 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” James 4:3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Luke 11:3 Give us each day our daily bread. Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. Psalm 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked. Psalm 62:10 Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. Psalm 119:36-37 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. / Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word. Job 1:21 saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.” Treasury of Scripture Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: remove Proverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Proverbs 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. feed Genesis 28:20 And Jacob vowed 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 raiment to put on, Genesis 48:15,16 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, … Exodus 16:15,18,21,22,29,35 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat… convenient for me or of my allowance 2 Kings 25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. Jeremiah 37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. Jeremiah 52:34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. Jump to Previous Allotted Bread Cause Convenient Daily Deception Eat Enough False. Falsehood Far Feed Food Foolish Great Lies Need Needful Portion Poverty Remove Riches Vanity Wealth WordJump to Next Allotted Bread Cause Convenient Daily Deception Eat Enough False. Falsehood Far Feed Food Foolish Great Lies Need Needful Portion Poverty Remove Riches Vanity Wealth WordProverbs 30 1. Agur's confession of his faith7. The two points of his prayer 10. The meanest are not to be wronged 11. Four wicked generations 15. Four things insatiable 24. four things exceeding wise 29. Four things stately 32. Wrath is to be prevented Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me The Hebrew word for "falsehood" is "שָׁוְא" (shav), which conveys a sense of emptiness, vanity, or deceit. In the ancient Near Eastern context, falsehood was not just about lying but also about living a life that is not aligned with God's truth. The plea to keep deceitful words away reflects a desire for integrity and authenticity in one's relationship with God and others. This phrase underscores the importance of truthfulness as a foundation for a righteous life, echoing the biblical principle that God detests lying lips but delights in those who are truthful (Proverbs 12:22). Give me neither poverty nor riches feed me with the bread that is my portion Food convenient for me.--Literally, bread of my portion, such as is apportioned to me as suitable by the care of the heavenly Father. Comp. "daily bread" (Matthew 6:11) in the sense of "proper for our sustenance." Verse 8. - Here is the first request: Remove far from me vanity and lies. Shay, "vanity," is inward hollowness and worthlessness, and "lies" are the expression of this in words. The prayer might indeed be taken as an entreaty against being polluted with the companionship of the evil, like "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;" but it is best taken subjectively, as a supplication for personal truthfulness and sincerity in all relations both towards God and man. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Both extremes are deprecated: the mean is the safest and the happiest, Horace, 'Carm.,' 3:16. 424"Multa petentibus Οὐκ ἔραμαι πλουτεῖν οὐδ εὔχομαι ἀλλὰ μοι εἴη Hebrew Keep falsehoodשָׁ֤וְא ׀ (šāw) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness and deceitful כָּזָ֡ב (kā·zāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing words וּֽדְבַר־ (ū·ḏə·ḇar-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause far הַרְחֵ֬ק (har·ḥêq) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant from me. מִמֶּ֗נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of Give me תִּֽתֶּן־ (tit·ten-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set neither אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not poverty רֵ֣אשׁ (rêš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7389: Poverty nor riches; וָ֭עֹשֶׁר (wā·‘ō·šer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6239: Wealth feed me הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִי (haṭ·rî·p̄ê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 2963: To pluck off, pull to pieces, to supply with food with the bread לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain that is my portion. חֻקִּֽי׃ (ḥuq·qî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute Links Proverbs 30:8 NIVProverbs 30:8 NLT Proverbs 30:8 ESV Proverbs 30:8 NASB Proverbs 30:8 KJV Proverbs 30:8 BibleApps.com Proverbs 30:8 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 30:8 Chinese Bible Proverbs 30:8 French Bible Proverbs 30:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies (Prov. 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