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Proverbs 30:9

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 30:9

Verse 9 of 33

Scripture focus

Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].

Proverbs 30:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 30:9

Theological / Devotional

Lest I be full. The great danger in wealth is that it tends to make a man feel independent of God’s goodness and thus to separate him from the only Source of true riches (see Job 21:13-15; Ps. 73:12). Poverty, on the other hand, tempts a man to feel that God has ceased to care for him, and may lead him to use sinful means to provide for his own needs (see Isa. 8:21). All men, rich and poor alike, must maintain the feeling of dependence upon the heavenly Father.

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