Proverbs 30:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Two things haue I required of thee: denie me them not before I die.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 2:9 : 9 Nowe when they were passed ouer, Eliiah saide vnto Elisha, Aske what I shall doe for thee before I be taken from thee; Elisha saide, I pray thee, let thy Spirit be double vpon me.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing haue I desired of the Lorde, that I will require, euen that I may dwell in the house of the Lorde all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lorde, and to visite his Temple.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 But one thing is needefull, Marie hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • Ps 21:2 : 2 Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denyed him the request of his lips. Selah.
  • 1 Kgs 3:5-9 : 5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shal giue thee. 6 And Salomon sayd, Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercie, when hee walked before thee in trueth, and in righteonsnes, & in vprightnes of heart with thee: and thou hast kept for him this great mercie, and hast giuen him a sonne, to sit on his throne, as appeareth this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy seruant King in steade of Dauid my father: and I am but a yong childe, and know not howe to go out and in. 8 And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude. 9 Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?

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  • Prov 30:8-9
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    8Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,

    9Least I be full, & denie thee, and say, Who is the Lorde? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.

  • Job 13:20-21
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    20But doe not these two things vnto me: then will I not hide my selfe from thee.

    21Withdrawe thine hande from me, and let not thy feare make me afraide.

  • 16Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not; she said vnto him, Say on.

  • 6Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.

  • Job 6:7-8
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    7Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.

    8Oh that I might haue my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

  • 4Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, & declare thou vnto me.

  • 22Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance?

  • 13Stay thine anger from me, that I may recouer my strength, before I go hence and be not.

  • 16According to al that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the day of the assemblie, when thou saidest, Let me heare the voice of my Lorde God no more, nor see this great fire any more, that I die not.

  • 16But I haue not thrust in my selfe for a pastour after thee, neither haue I desired the day of miserie, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips, was right before thee.

  • 16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,

  • Job 7:15-16
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    15Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones.

    16I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

  • 32But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.

  • 20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

  • 5God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.

  • 25Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and I haue desired none in the earth with thee.

  • 9Cast mee not off in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  • 30Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.

  • 20Then she sayd, I desire a small request of thee, say me not nay. Then the King sayde vnto her, Aske on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

  • 3Therefore nowe O Lorde, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.

  • 4One thing haue I desired of the Lorde, that I will require, euen that I may dwell in the house of the Lorde all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lorde, and to visite his Temple.

  • 3Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand?

  • 14Likewise I require not whiles I liue: for I dout not but thou wilt shew me the mercy of the Lord, that I die not.

  • 17(7:19) Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

  • 19Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle.

  • 20Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,

  • 28(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)

  • 11And God sayde vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neyther hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement,

  • 37Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.

  • 4Incline not mine heart to euill, that I should commit wicked workes with men that worke iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates.

  • 23Surely I knowe that thou wilt bring mee to death, and to the house appoynted for all the liuing.

  • 13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me.

  • 26Then shalt thou say vnto them, I humbly besought the King that he would not cause me to returne to Iehonathans house, to die there.

  • 2Then he sayd, Beholde, I am nowe olde, and knowe not the day of my death:

  • 20Therefore heare nowe, I pray thee, O my lorde the King: let my prayer be accepted before thee, that thou cause mee not to returne to the house of Iehonathan the scribe, least I die there.

  • 31Then he saide, What shal I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe.

  • 22Though I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my prayer, when I cryed vnto thee.

  • 2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

  • 4Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.

  • 18The Lorde hath chastened me sore, but he hath not deliuered me to death.

  • 7Bring mee venision, and make mee sauourie meate, that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lord, afore my death.

  • 2Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denyed him the request of his lips. Selah.

  • 3Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.

  • 32If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee.

  • 12Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.

  • 2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes beholde equitie.