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Proverbs 30:6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Proverbs 30:6

Verse 6 of 33

Scripture focus

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

Proverbs 30:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 30:6

Theological / Devotional

Add thou not. Since the Word of God is purified by divine care, we should not tamper with it. Our finite minds can never fully understand the thoughts of God (Prov. 30:3,4; Isa. 55:7-9).

Moses gave a similar warning concerning the utterances of God (Deut. 4:2). John closed the last book of the Bible with an even more emphatic prohibition (Rev. 22:18, 19). There is no intention here to forbid the exposition of the Word of God as long as that Word is left unadulterated to act as a check upon the conclusions reached. It is the alteration or abandonment of the objective standard of truth that brings confusion and earns the reproof of God.

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