Proverbs 30:8 meaning and explanation
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Proverbs 30:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Agur, a weary teacher whose words open this chapter, is speaking directly to God in the second of two requests (verses 7 to 9). He asks first for honesty, that falsehood and deceit be kept far from him, then for a middle path: neither poverty nor riches, but the bread that is his portion, meaning the food allotted to him.
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