Proverbs 30:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I be full

Who

Exodus 5:2

2 Chronicles 32:15

Or

Proverbs 6:30

Psalm 125:3

And take the name

General references

1 Timothy 6:8

Bible References

I be full

It shall be like the time when Jehovah your God brought you into the land he promised to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. He would give you large and beautiful cities that you did not build.

When you have eaten all you want, thank Jehovah your God for the good land he has given you.

When I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn me and break my covenant.

Jeshurun (Israel) grew fat and disrespectful. You got fat! You were stuffed! You over eat! He abandoned the God who made him and scornfully treated the rock of his salvation.

And they took walled towns and a fat land. They became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees. They had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.

If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence,

O you people of this generation consider the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?

You became famous in every nation because of your beauty. Your beauty was perfect because I gave you my glory,' declares the Lord Jehovah.

The decision is by the decree of the watchers. The sentence by the word of the holy ones! It is to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets over it the lowest of men.

When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me.

The people shouted: It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

Who

But Pharaoh responded: Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and besides, I will not let Israel go.

Do not be fooled by Hezekiah! No god of any nation has been able to stand up to Assyria. Believe me, your God cannot keep you safe!'

Or

Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous in case the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.

And take the name

The partner of a thief hates his life. He hears the oath but tells nothing.

Never use the name of Jehovah your God in a false and evil way. Jehovah will make sure that anyone who is false, evil, careless and vain with his name will be punished.

Jehovah continued: If you are a witness under oath who refuses to tell what you saw or what you know, you are sinning and will be punished.

Again he denied with an oath: I have no knowledge of the man.

General references

Be careful that you do not forget Jehovah your God. Always obey his judgments and Laws that I give you today.

If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence,

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.

I know what I will do when my job is gone. My friends will welcome me in their homes.'

We should be content with having food and covering.