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or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God <i>in vain</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Lest I be full and deny <i>You,</i> And say, “Who <i>is</i> the LORD?” Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So that I will not be full and deny <i>You</i> and say, “Who is the LORD?” And that I will not become impoverished and steal, And profane the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />That I not be full and deny You and say, &#8220Who is the LORD?&#8221 Or that I not be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Lest I be full and deny <i>Thee</i> and say, “Who is the LORD?” Or lest I be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Lest I be full and deny <i>You</i> and say, “Who is Yahweh?” Or lest I be impoverished and steal, And profane the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So that I will not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the LORD?” Or that I will not be poor and steal, And so profane the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Otherwise, I might have too much and deny you, saying, “Who is the LORD? ” or I might have nothing and steal, profaning the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Otherwise, I might have too much and deny You, saying, &#8220Who is the LORD?&#8221 or I might have nothing and steal, profaning the name of my God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use profanely the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />or I may feel satisfied and deny you and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or I may become poor and steal and give the name of my God a bad reputation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />so that I don't become overfed and deny you by saying, "Who is the LORD?" or so that I don't become poor and steal, and then misuse the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, "Who is the LORD?" Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Lest I become satiated, and have denied, "" And have said, “Who [is] YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and have stolen, "" And have laid hold of the Name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Lest I shall be filled and I spake lies, and said, Who is Jehovah? and lest I shall be dispossessed and I stole, and I laid hold upon the name of God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />lest perhaps, being filled, I might be enticed into denial, and say: ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or, being compelled by destitution, I might steal, and then perjure myself in the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Lest, being full, I deny you, saying, “Who is the LORD?” Or, being in want, I steal, and profane the name of my God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />or I shall be full, and deny you, and say, “Who is the LORD?” or I shall be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Lest I be full, and lie, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Lest I be full and I lie and say, "Who is LORD JEHOVAH?”, or lest I become poor and I steal and swear in the name of my God.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And profane the name of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear <i>vainly</i> by the name of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/30-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=6207" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/30.htm">The Words of Agur</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: pen (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest.">Otherwise,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: ’eś·ba‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">I may have too much</a> <a href="/hebrew/3584.htm" title="3584: wə·ḵi·ḥaš·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean. A primitive root; to be untrue, in word or deed.">and deny You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">‘Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">is the LORD?’</a> <a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: ū·p̄en- (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest.">Or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: ’iw·wā·rêš (V-Nifal-Imperf-1cs) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">I may become poor</a> <a href="/hebrew/1589.htm" title="1589: wə·ḡā·naḇ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To steal. A primitive root; to thieve; by implication, to deceive.">and steal,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8610.htm" title="8610: wə·ṯā·p̄aś·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">profaning</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">the name</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hāy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of my God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-11.htm">Matthew 6:11</a></span><br />Give us this day our daily bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-13.htm">Matthew 6:13</a></span><br />And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-11.htm">Philippians 4:11-12</a></span><br />I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. / I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-8.htm">1 Timothy 6:8-10</a></span><br />But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. / Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-13.htm">James 1:13-14</a></span><br />When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone. / But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-3.htm">Luke 11:3-4</a></span><br />Give us each day our daily bread. / And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a></span><br />Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-16</a></span><br />Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">1 Corinthians 10:13</a></span><br />No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-18.htm">Exodus 16:18</a></span><br />When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalm 62:10</a></span><br />Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-36.htm">Psalm 119:36-37</a></span><br />Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. / Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-24.htm">Job 31:24-28</a></span><br />If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, / if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, / if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.</p><p class="hdg">I be full</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10-12</a></b></br> And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-10.htm">Deuteronomy 8:10-14</a></b></br> When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Deuteronomy 31:20</a></b></br> For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.</p><p class="hdg">deny thee</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/5-2.htm">Exodus 5:2</a></b></br> And Pharaoh said, Who <i>is</i> the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/32-15.htm">2 Chronicles 32:15-17</a></b></br> Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand? … </p><p class="hdg">or</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/6-30.htm">Proverbs 6:30,31</a></b></br> <i>Men</i> do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/125-3.htm">Psalm 125:3</a></b></br> For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.</p><p class="hdg">and take the name</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/29-24.htm">Proverbs 29:24</a></b></br> Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth <i>it</i> not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a></b></br> Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm">Leviticus 5:1</a></b></br> And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and <i>is</i> a witness, whether he hath seen or known <i>of it</i>; if he do not utter <i>it</i>, then he shall bear his iniquity.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/38-15.htm">Denied</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-7.htm">Deny</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm">Dishonor</a> <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Disown</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-8.htm">False.</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-25.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-1.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-17.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-8.htm">Otherwise</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">Outrage</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-14.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/psalms/89-34.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm">Satiated</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-30.htm">Steal</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-17.htm">Stolen</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-24.htm">Thief</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm">Use</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-19.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-27.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-10.htm">Denied</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-23.htm">Deny</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Dishonor</a> <a href="/matthew/10-33.htm">Disown</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-30.htm">False.</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-5.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Otherwise</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-2.htm">Outrage</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-14.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Satiated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Steal</a> <a href="/songs/4-9.htm">Stolen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Thief</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-2.htm">Use</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-30.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/songs/8-4.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-1.htm">Agur's confession of his faith</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-7.htm">The two points of his prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-10.htm">The meanest are not to be wronged</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-11.htm">Four wicked generations</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-15.htm">Four things insatiable</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-24.htm">four things exceeding wise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-29.htm">Four things stately</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-32.htm">Wrath is to be prevented</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, Israel's history shows a pattern of turning away from God during times of prosperity (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-11.htm">Deuteronomy 8:11-14</a>). The phrase "Who is the LORD?" echoes Pharaoh's dismissive question in <a href="/exodus/5-2.htm">Exodus 5:2</a>, symbolizing a heart hardened by pride. The warning here is against the arrogance that can accompany material abundance, leading one to deny God's sovereignty and provision. This reflects the broader biblical theme that true security and identity are found in God, not in wealth (<a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17</a>).<p><b>Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.</b><br>This part of the verse addresses the opposite danger: poverty leading to actions that dishonor God. In ancient Israel, theft was not only a crime against another person but also a violation of God's commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-15.htm">Exodus 20:15</a>). The cultural context emphasizes the importance of maintaining one's integrity and trust in God, even in dire circumstances. The phrase "profaning the name of my God" underscores the biblical principle that believers are representatives of God's character. Actions that contradict His nature bring dishonor to His name (<a href="/leviticus/19-12.htm">Leviticus 19:12</a>). This reflects the call to live a life that upholds God's holiness, regardless of one's material circumstances (<a href="/philippians/4-12.htm">Philippians 4:12-13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/agur.htm">Agur</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/proverbs/30.htm">Proverbs 30</a>, Agur is a figure about whom little is known, but he is traditionally considered a wise man who contributed to the wisdom literature of the Bible.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God in the Hebrew Bible, representing His eternal and self-existent nature. In this verse, the focus is on the relationship between human behavior and acknowledgment of God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_concept_of_denial.htm">The Concept of Denial</a></b><br>This refers to the potential spiritual danger of wealth leading one to forget or deny God, a theme prevalent in wisdom literature.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_act_of_stealing.htm">The Act of Stealing</a></b><br>Represents the moral and ethical pitfalls of poverty, which can lead to actions that dishonor God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/profaning_the_name_of_god.htm">Profaning the Name of God</a></b><br>This involves actions that bring dishonor or disrespect to God's holy name, a serious offense in biblical teaching.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_wealth_and_poverty.htm">The Dangers of Wealth and Poverty</a></b><br>Wealth can lead to self-sufficiency and denial of God, while poverty can lead to desperation and sin. Both extremes pose spiritual risks.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_contentment.htm">The Importance of Contentment</a></b><br>Seeking a balanced life that avoids the extremes of wealth and poverty can help maintain a focus on God and His provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_god_in_all_circumstances.htm">Acknowledging God in All Circumstances</a></b><br>Whether in abundance or need, acknowledging God as the source of all provision is crucial for spiritual health.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_sinful_actions.htm">Guarding Against Sinful Actions</a></b><br>Recognize that circumstances can tempt us to sin, and we must be vigilant in maintaining integrity and honoring God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_holiness_of_god's_name.htm">The Holiness of God's Name</a></b><br>Our actions reflect on God's name; therefore, living a life that honors Him is essential for a faithful witness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_unethical_often_succeed.htm">Proverbs 2 depicts a direct correlation between virtue and success--why do corrupt or unethical individuals often thrive in reality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_proverbs_9_10_align_with_secular_wisdom.htm">Proverbs 9:10 asserts 'the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.' How does this claim align with secular approaches to wisdom and knowledge that require no fear of a deity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_proverbs_30_7-9.htm">Proverbs 30:7-9 emphasizes neither poverty nor riches; how do we reconcile this with other passages that promise material blessings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_''three_sins,_even_four''_mean.htm">What does 'three sins, even four' mean in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Lest I be full, and deny thee.--</span>For "pride and fulness of bread" were among the sins which brought destruction on Sodom (<a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm" title="Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.">Ezekiel 16:49</a>). (Comp. <a href="/context/job/21-14.htm" title="Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.">Job 21:14-15</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">And take the name of my God in vain.--</span>Literally, <span class= "ital">handle it roughly, irreverently; </span>particularly in finding fault with His providence.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - The reason for the latter prayer follows, unless, as some consider, the prayer is one, as if Agur asked, "Take from me riches which lead to vanity, and poverty which leads to lying and deceit." In this case the ground of the request would embrace both parts of the petition. <span class="cmt_word">Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord</span> (<span class="accented">Jehovah</span>)? Great wealth and temporal prosperity tempt to forgetfulness of God, to self-confidence and practical unbelief in Divine providence. Like Pharaoh, the haughty rich man asks with scorn, "Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice?" (<a href="/exodus/5-2.htm">Exodus 5:2</a>; comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-12.htm">Deuteronomy 8:12</a>, etc.; <a href="/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14</a>, etc.; <a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1</a>). Septuagint, "Lest being filled I become false, and say, Who seeth me?" <span class="cmt_word">Or lest I be poor, and steal;</span> lest my necessities lead to dishonesty. <span class="cmt_word">And take the name of my God in vain.</span> The verb <span class="accented">taphas</span> means "to grasp at, seize violently, handle roughly," and the sin intended may be either false swearing in denial of his theft and to escape punishment, or the arraignment of God's providence which has allowed him to fall into such distress. Titus <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Isaiah 8:21</a>, "They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God." In view of the proverbs that follow, the clause seems to be best taken of the blasphemy attending on impatience and want of resignation to God's will (comp. <a href="/proverbs/19-3.htm">Proverbs 19:3</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/30-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Otherwise,</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(pen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm">Strong's 6435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Removal, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I may have too much</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשְׂבַּ֨ע ׀</span> <span class="translit">(’eś·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sated, satisfied or surfeited</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and deny You,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵi·ḥaš·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3584.htm">Strong's 3584: </a> </span><span class="str2">To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saying,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·mar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the LORD?”</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפֶֽן־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄en-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm">Strong's 6435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Removal, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Or I may become poor</span><br /><span class="heb">אִוָּרֵ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’iw·wā·rêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and steal,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡā·naḇ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1589.htm">Strong's 1589: </a> </span><span class="str2">To thieve, to deceive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">profaning</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯā·p̄aś·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> </span><span class="str2">To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the name</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(šêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my God.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/30-9.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:9 Lest I be full deny you (Prov. 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