Proverbs 30:9 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 30:9

Otherwise, 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.

BSB

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ASV

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

The Six Days of Creation (397)

Therefore, pay attention to yourself, poor man, pay attention, wealthy man; because there are trials in both poverty and riches. And therefore the Wise Man says: Do not give me riches or poverty, give me only what is sufficient for me. Because riches, like feasts, stretch the stomach and the mind with worries and anxieties. And therefore he asks to be established with what is necessary and sufficient: Lest, he says, being filled, I become a liar and say: Who sees me? But if I become poor, I will commit theft and swear in the name of the Lord (Ibid.).

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The special dangers of the two extremes. Wealth tempts to pride, unbelief, and a scorn like that of Pharaoh Exo 5:2; poverty to, dishonesty, and then to perjury, or to the hypocritical profession of religion which is practically identical with it.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
פֶּ֥ן	pen	lest	H6435 →
אֶשְׂבַּ֨ע׀	'es.Ba'	I should be satisfied	H7646 →
וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮	ve.khi.chash.Ti	and I will deny	H3584 →
וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי	ve.'a.Mar.ti	and I will say	H559 →
מִ֥י	mi	who?	H4310 →
יְה֫וָ֥ה	Yah.weh	[is] Yahweh	H3068 →
וּפֶֽן־	u.fen-	and lest	H6435 →
אִוָּרֵ֥שׁ	'i.va.Resh	I should become impoverished	H3423 →
וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי	ve.ga.Nav.ti	and I will steal	H1589 →
וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּי	ve.ta.Fas.ti	and I will seize	H8610 →
שֵׁ֣ם	shem	[the] name of	H8034 →
אֱלֹהָֽי׃ פ	'e.lo.Hai	God my	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
leads to
- Hosea 13:6
  When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 31:20
  When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to…
- Deuteronomy 33:5
  So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
- Acts 28:27
  For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,…
- Psalms 89:26
  He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
Through
Deuteronomy 31:20
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:10–12
  And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Nehemiah 9:25–26
  They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat…
Through
Hosea 13:6
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:13–15
  He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

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Where the connections lead

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06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Proverbs