Proverbs 30:7

American Standard Version (1901)

Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me [them] not before I die:

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  • 2 Kgs 2:9 : 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • Ps 21:2 : 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. {{Selah
  • 1 Kgs 3:5-9 : 5 In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

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  • Prov 30:8-9
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    8Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

    9Lest 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.

  • Job 13:20-21
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    20Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

    21Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

  • 16And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

  • 6Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • Job 6:7-8
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    7My soul refuseth to touch [them] ; They are as loathsome food to me.

    8Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

  • 4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • 22Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?

  • 13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

  • 16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

  • 16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

  • 16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Job 7:15-16
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    15So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.

    16I loathe [my life] ; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

  • 32That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?

  • 20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 5Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

  • 25Whom have I in heaven [but thee] ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

  • 9Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  • 30(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

  • 20Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny thee.

  • 3Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

  • 4One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

  • 3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

  • 14And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;

  • 17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

  • 19How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

  • 20Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

  • 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

  • 11And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern justice;

  • 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

  • 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

  • 23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

  • 13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • 26then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

  • 2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.

  • 20And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

  • 31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

  • 22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • 2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • 4Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

  • 18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.

  • 7Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

  • 2Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. {{Selah

  • 3Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

  • 32If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

  • 12I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  • 2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.