Verse 8

Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Give us today our daily bread.
  • Luke 11:3 : 3 Give us each day our daily bread.
  • 1 Tim 6:6-8 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
  • Ps 62:9-9 : 9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah. 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
  • Ps 119:29 : 29 Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously give me Your law.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.
  • Prov 21:6 : 6 The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a trap of death.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 Whoever sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 “Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe to those who drag iniquity with cords of falsehood and sin as if with cart ropes!
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, 'If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey I am taking, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear,
  • Gen 48:15-16 : 15 Then he blessed Joseph and said, 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,' 16 'The Angel who redeemed me from all harm, may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'
  • Exod 16:15 : 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  • Exod 16:18 : 18 When they measured it with an omer, those who gathered much did not have too much, and those who gathered little did not have too little. Each person gathered just as much as they needed to eat.
  • Exod 16:21-22 : 21 Each morning, everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread—two omers for each person—and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.
  • Exod 16:29 : 29 Understand that the LORD has given you the sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are; no one is to go out on the seventh day."
  • Exod 16:35 : 35 The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
  • 2 Kgs 25:30 : 30 His daily portion was provided by the king, a regular allowance given for each day, all the days of his life.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
  • John 2:8 : 8 Then He told them, 'Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.' So they did.
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 They cried out, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also humans with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • Jer 37:21 : 21 So King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
  • Jer 52:34 : 34 As long as he lived, his regular food allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, day by day, until his death.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.