Proverbs 30
Treated in 22 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 30:8 Keep falsehood and lies far away from me; give me neither poverty nor wealth, but feed me with the bread I need each day, 7
- 30:2 I am surely the most ignorant of all people; I lack ordinary human understanding. 4
- 30:5 Every word God speaks is proven true; he is a shield to all who take refuge in him. 4
- 30:9 so that I do not have too much and disown you, asking, "Who is the LORD?" or have too little and steal, and so bring disgrace on my God's name. 2
- 30:4 Who has climbed up to heaven and come back down? Who has caught the wind in the palms of his hands? Who has bundled the waters in a cloak? Who has fixed all the boundaries of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? Tell me, if you know! 1
- 30:6 Do not add anything to his words, or he will correct you and show you to be a liar. 1
- 30:12 There are people who think they are clean, yet their filth has never been washed away. 1
- 30:15 The leech has two daughters, both called "Give!" Three things can never be filled; four never say, "Enough!": 1
- 30:17 The eye that sneers at a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by young vultures. 1
- 30:18 There are three things that amaze me, four that are beyond my understanding: 1
- 30:26 rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they set up house among the crags; 1
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Where it is preached
- Faithful With Little ·
The Learned Secret of Contentment cites Proverbs 30:8-9
…is the LORD?’ or have too little and steal, and so bring disgrace on my God’s name.” (Proverbs 30:8-9) Look at that request: “Give me neither poverty nor wealth.” How many people have ever…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites Prov. xxx. 2–4
…hereof cast that wise man into that apprehension of himself which he expresses, Prov. xxx. 2–4, “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I…
- Communion with God ·
Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites Prov. xxx. 2–4
…all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his Son’s name, if ye can tell,” Prov. xxx. 2–4. If any one should ask, now, with them in the Canticles, what is in the Lord Jesus, our…
- All Things for Good ·
The worst things work for good to the godly cites Prov. xxx. 2
…on self-judging; he passes a sentence upon himself. '' I am more brutish than any man” (Prov. xxx. 2). It is dangerous to judge others, but it is good to judge ourselves. “If we would judge…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Prov. 30:2
…of his brutish ignorance, and looked upon himself the most ignorant of all the saints. Prov. 30:2, 3, 4: “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 14 — How Two Natures Constitute the Person of the Mediator cites Prov. 30:4
…incomprehensible: “What is his name, and what is his Son’s name, if thou canst tell?” (Prov. 30:4). I am well aware that with the contentious this passage will not have sufficient weight…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
Spectacles for Dim Eyes cites PROVERBS 30:5–6
…in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. PROVERBS 30:5–6 God stooping to speak One more thing must be said, because it shows the tenderness…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Prov. 30:5
…Solomon declares the same thing almost in the same words, “Every word of God is pure,” (Prov. 30:5). But further quotation is superfluous, as the 119th Psalm is almost wholly occupied with…
- The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria ·
Fountains of Salvation cites PROVERBS 30:5–6
…in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. PROVERBS 30:5–6 It is important to understand what he was doing. Athanasius was not inventing the canon…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Prov. 30:5
…refined foolishness and a sagacious delusion. Here are applicable those words of Agur, Prov. 30:5, 6, “Every word of God is pure; he is a shield to them that put their trust in him: add…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 10 — Of the Power of Making Laws cites Prov. 30:6
…place, “Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” (Prov. 30:6). Since they cannot deny that this was said to the Church, what else do they proclaim but…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Second Stage cites Prov. 30:8
…hearts away from God. Christiana: Then said Christiana, O deliver me from this muck-rake. Prov. 30:8. Interpreter: That prayer, said the Interpreter, has lain by till it is almost rusty…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Is It Wrong to Be Rich? cites Proverbs 30:8–9
…portion. Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You... Or I may become poor and steal” (Proverbs 30:8–9). And the motive for generosity is the gospel itself: “though He was rich, yet for your…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Prov 30: 8
…2 Sam 17: 23. (2) From poverty. Poverty is a sore temptation. ‘Give me not poverty.’ Prov 30: 8. Many have brought themselves to poverty by their sin; and when a great estate is boiled…
- Evening by Evening ·
June cites Proverbs 30:8
…present salvation; such is the evidence that he is called to it—a holy life. June 13 (Proverbs 30:8) “O my God, be not far from me.” (—Psalm 38:21) Here we have two great lessons—what to…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Prov 30: 8
…of poverty: ‘Give me not poverty, lest I steal, and take the name of my God in vain’ (Prov 30: 8, 9); and as may enable us to honour God with works of mercy. ‘Honour the Lord with thy…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Sanctification cites Prov 30:12
…generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.’ Prov 30:12. If the water be foul in the bucket, it cannot be clean in the well. ‘The king’s daughter…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Prov. 30.15
…now so turned, that it lay like a horse leech at the vein, still crying out, Give, give (Prov. 30.15); yea, it was so fixed on eternity, and on the things about the kingdom of heaven, that…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Prov 30: 17
…mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagle shall eat it.’ Prov 30: 17. Eli’s two disobedient sons were slain. 1 Sam 4: 11. God made a law that the ‘rebellious…
- Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 2 ·
Day 16 — Crushes cites Proverbs 30:18–19
…of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.” — Proverbs 30:18–19 (BSB) You catch yourself checking whether they’ve seen your story. You know their…
- Evening by Evening ·
November cites Proverbs 30:26
…November 20 “The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.” (Proverbs 30:26) Conscious of their own natural defencelessness, the conies resort to burrows in the…
- Faithful With Little ·
Appendix 1: A 30-Day Reading Plan cites Proverbs 30:8-9
…Life does not come from the things a person owns. What am I looking to for life? Day 10. Proverbs 30:8-9. Give me neither poverty nor wealth. Pray this prayer honestly. Day 11. Philippians…