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Proverbs 30:8
Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
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Proverbs 30:8 in other translations
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
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In context
5 Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
6 Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.
7 I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:
8 Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
9 For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
10 Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
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