Proverbs 30:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

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  • 2 Kgs 2:9 : 9 And when they had come to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, Say what you would have me do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Be pleased to let a special measure of your spirit be on me.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
  • Ps 21:2 : 2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)
  • 1 Kgs 3:5-9 : 5 In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you. 6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in. 8 And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given. 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

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    8 Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

    9 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.

  • Job 13:20-21
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    20 Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:

    21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:16
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    16 Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6 Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

  • Job 6:7-8
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    7 My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.

    8 If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!

  • Job 42:4
    71%

    4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Job 6:22
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    22 Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?

  • Ps 39:13
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    13 Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

  • Deut 18:16
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    16 In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.

  • Jer 17:16
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    16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.

  • Job 31:16
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    16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

  • Job 7:15-16
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    15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

    16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

  • Job 34:32
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    32 ...

  • Job 10:20
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    20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

  • Job 27:5
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    5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

  • Ps 73:25
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    25 Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.

  • Ps 71:9
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    9 Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

  • Job 31:30
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    30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

  • 1 Kgs 2:20
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    20 Then she said, I have one small request to make to you; do not say, No, to me. And the king said, Say on, my mother, for I will not say, No, to you.

  • Jonah 4:3
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    3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

  • Ps 27:4
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    4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

  • Job 17:3
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    3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

  • 1 Sam 20:14
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    14 And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

  • Eccl 7:17
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    17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

  • Job 7:19
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    19 How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

  • Prov 22:20
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    20 Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,

  • Job 31:28
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    28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

  • 1 Kgs 3:11
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    11 And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

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    37 Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.

  • Ps 141:4
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    4 Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

  • Job 30:23
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    23 For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

  • Job 14:13
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    13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Jer 38:26
    67%

    26 Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.

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    2 And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:

  • Jer 37:20
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    20 And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.

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    31 And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

  • Ps 31:22
    67%

    22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

  • Job 10:2
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    2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

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    4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

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    18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

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    7 Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.

  • Ps 21:2
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    2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

  • Prov 23:3
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    3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

  • Job 33:32
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    32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

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    12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

  • Ps 17:2
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    2 Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.