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Proverbs 30:8

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Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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  1. 1 Timothy 6:6–8Rank 1 from verse 8
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    6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

    7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

    8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

  2. Psalms 62:9–10Rank 2 from verse 8
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    9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

    10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

  3. Psalms 119:37Rank 3 from verse 8
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    37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

  4. Matthew 6:33Rank 4 from verse 8
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    33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  5. Luke 11:3Rank 5 from verse 8
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    3Give us day by day our daily bread.

  6. Psalms 119:29Rank 6 from verse 8
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    29Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

  7. Job 23:12Rank 7 from verse 8
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    12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  8. Proverbs 21:6Rank 8 from verse 8
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    6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

  9. Matthew 6:11Rank 9 from verse 8
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    11Give us this day our daily bread.

  10. 2 Kings 25:30Rank 10 from verse 8
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    30And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

  11. Exodus 16:35Rank 11 from verse 8
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    35And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

  12. Proverbs 22:8Rank 12 from verse 8
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    8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  13. Acts 14:15Rank 13 from verse 8
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    15And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

  14. Ecclesiastes 1:2Rank 14 from verse 8
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    2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

  15. Exodus 16:15Rank 15 from verse 8
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    15And 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.

  16. Isaiah 5:18Rank 16 from verse 8
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    18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

  17. Jeremiah 37:21Rank 17 from verse 8
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    21Then 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.

  18. Exodus 16:18Rank 18 from verse 8
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    18And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

  19. Exodus 16:21–22Rank 19 from verse 8
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    21And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

    22¶ And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

  20. Genesis 48:15–16Rank 20 from verse 8
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    15¶ 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,

    16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

  21. Jeremiah 52:34Rank 21 from verse 8
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    34And 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.

  22. Exodus 16:29Rank 22 from verse 8
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    29See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

  23. Genesis 28:20Rank 23 from verse 8
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    20And 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,

  24. Isaiah 59:4Rank 24 from verse 8
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    4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

  25. John 2:8Rank 25 from verse 8
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    8And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

  26. Proverbs 23:5Rank 26 from verse 8
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    5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

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Proverbs 30:8

COMBINED MEANING

remove

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To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.

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COMBINED MEANING

vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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lies

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Sense 1: False statements or deceptions. Sense 2: As a verb, reclines, remains, is situated, or speaks falsely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

poverty

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The condition of being poor, destitute, or lacking necessary provision.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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feed

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Sense 1: To give or take food; to nourish, tend, or graze. Sense 2: Food for animals.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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30:1THE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

30:2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

30:3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

30:4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

30:5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

30:6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

30:7Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

30:8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

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30:9Lest 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.

30:10Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

30:13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

30:15The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

30:16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

30:18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

30:19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

30:21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

30:22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

30:24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

30:25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

30:26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

30:27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

30:28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

30:29There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

30:30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

30:31A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

30:33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

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