Proverbs

Proverbs 30:8–9

⁸Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches;

feed me with the bread that is my portion.

⁹Otherwise, I may have too much

and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’

Or I may become poor and steal,

profaning the name of my God.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Keep falsehood	שָׁ֤וְא׀	šāw	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
and deceitful	כָּזָ֡ב	kā·zāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3577 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing
words	וּֽדְבַר־	ū·ḏə·ḇar-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1697 speech, word
far	הַרְחֵ֬ק	har·ḥêq	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H7368 be, or become, far, distant
from me	מִמֶּ֗נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Give	תִּֽתֶּן־	tit·ten-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
me	לִ֑י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
neither	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
poverty	רֵ֣אשׁ	rêš	Noun - masculine singular	H7389 poverty
nor riches	וָ֭עֹשֶׁר	wā·‘ō·šer	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H6239 be or become rich
feed me	הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִי	haṭ·rî·p̄ê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H2963 tear, rend, pluck
with the bread	לֶ֣חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
that is my portion	חֻקִּֽי׃	ḥuq·qî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Otherwise	פֶּ֥ן	pen	Conjunction	H6435 lest
I may have too much	אֶשְׂבַּ֨ע׀	’eś·ba‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
and deny You	וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮	wə·ḵi·ḥaš·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H3584 be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean
saying	וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי	wə·’ā·mar·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
Who	מִ֥י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
is the LORD	יְה֫וָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Or	וּפֶֽן־	ū·p̄en-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
I may become poor	אִוָּרֵ֥שׁ	’iw·wā·rêš	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
and steal	וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי	wə·ḡā·naḇ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H1589 steal
profaning	וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּי	wə·ṯā·p̄aś·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H8610 lay hold of, wield
the name	שֵׁ֣ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
of my God	אֱלֹהָֽי׃פ	’ĕ·lō·hāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 30:8 1 Timothy 6:6–8 · Psalm 62:9–10 · Psalm 119:37 · Matthew 6:33 · Luke 11:3 · Psalm 119:29 · Job 23:12 · Proverbs 21:6 · Matthew 6:11 · Exodus 16:35 · 2 Kings 25:30 · Proverbs 22:8

Proverbs 30:9 Hosea 13:6 · Deuteronomy 31:20 · Ezekiel 16:49–50 · Deuteronomy 8:10–14 · Nehemiah 9:25–26 · Deuteronomy 32:15 · Job 31:24–28 · Deuteronomy 6:10–12 · Jeremiah 2:31 · Exodus 20:7 · Matthew 26:74 · Ezekiel 16:14–15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.