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Proverbs 30

Prov. 30:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Remove far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from me vanity
shav' (Hebrew #7723)
from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: shawv
Origin: or shav {shav}
and lies
kazab (Hebrew #3577)
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Pronounce: kaw-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
: give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
me neither poverty
reysh (Hebrew #7389)
or riysh {reesh}; from 7326; poverty
KJV usage: poverty.
Pronounce: raysh
Origin: or resh {raysh}
nor riches
`osher (Hebrew #6239)
wealth
KJV usage: X far (richer), riches.
Pronounce: o'-sher
Origin: from 6238
; feed
taraph (Hebrew #2963)
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
KJV usage: catch, X without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, X surely, tear (in pieces).
Pronounce: taw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
me with food
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
ηconvenient
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
for me:
η
of my allowance.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 21:6• 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death. (Prov. 21:6)
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Prov. 22:8• 8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end. (Prov. 22:8)
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Prov. 23:5• 5wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens. (Prov. 23:5)
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Psa. 62:9‑10• 9Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
 10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it. (Psa. 62:9‑10)
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Psa. 119:29,37• 29Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way. (Psa. 119:29,37)
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Eccl. 1:2• 2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity. (Eccl. 1:2)
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Isa. 5:18• 18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes! (Isa. 5:18)
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Isa. 59:4• 4none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. (Isa. 59:4)
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John 2:8• 8And he says to them, Draw out now, and carry it to the feast-master. And they carried it. (John 2:8)
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Acts 14:15• 15and saying, Men, why do ye these things? *We* also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them; (Acts 14:15)
feed.
Gen. 28:20• 20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on, (Gen. 28:20)
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Gen. 48:15‑16• 15And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,
 16the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land! (Gen. 48:15‑16)
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Ex. 16:15,18,21‑22,29,35• 15And the children of Israel saw it, and said one to another, What is it? for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.
 18And they measured with the omer: then he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little wanted nothing: they had gathered every man according to the measure of his eating.
 21And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.
 22And it came to pass on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one; and all the princes of the assembly came and told Moses.
 29See, for Jehovah hath given you the sabbath; therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread for two days. Abide every man in his place: let no man go from his place on the seventh day.
 35And the children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came into an inhabited land: they ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan. (Ex. 16:15,18,21‑22,29,35)
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Matt. 6:11,33• 11give us to-day our needed bread,
 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt. 6:11,33)
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Luke 11:3• 3give us our needed bread for each day; (Luke 11:3)
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1 Tim. 6:6‑8• 6But piety with contentment *is* great gain.
 7For we have brought nothing into the world: it is manifest that neither can we carry anything out.
 8But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these. (1 Tim. 6:6‑8)
convenient for me.
Heb. of my allowance.
2 Kings 25:30• 30and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life. (2 Kings 25:30)
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Jer. 37:21• 21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard. (Jer. 37:21)
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Jer. 52:34• 34and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. (Jer. 52:34)
• He desired that vanity and lies be far removed from him. The man of God fears sin and hates it. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)
• He who knows himself understands well why Agur could pray for moderate circumstances, if it were the will of God. He did not distrust divine power to keep him in any state. He did distrust himself. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need: