Proverbs 30:9 “Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Least I be full, and denie thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.

Darby Translation

lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

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Cross references

“I be full”

Hosea 13:6 Deuteronomy 31:20 Deuteronomy 8:10–14 Deuteronomy 32:15 Job 31:24–28 Deuteronomy 6:10–12

Hosea 13:6 · BSB

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

Deuteronomy 31:20 · BSB

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 other gods and worship them, and they will rejec…

Deuteronomy 8:10–14 · BSB

When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

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.

Job 31:24–28 · BSB

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

Deuteronomy 6:10–12 · BSB

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 did not build,

“Who”

Exodus 5:2 2 Chronicles 32:15–17

Exodus 5:2 · BSB

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

2 Chronicles 32:15–17 · BSB

So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers.…

“or”

Psalm 125:3 Proverbs 6:30 Proverbs 6:31

Psalm 125:3 · BSB

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

Proverbs 6:30 · BSB

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Proverbs 6:31 · BSB

Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

“and take the name”

Exodus 20:7 Matthew 26:72 Matthew 26:74 Proverbs 29:24 Leviticus 5:1

Exodus 20:7 · BSB

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Matthew 26:72 · BSB

And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”

Matthew 26:74 · BSB

At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Proverbs 29:24 · BSB

A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath but does not testify.

Leviticus 5:1 · BSB

“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.

Also

Joshua 24:27

Joshua 24:27 · BSB

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

10Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

Read Proverbs 30