Proverbs 30:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

Proverbs 30:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 10:42
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
2 Kings 2:9
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
Psalms 21:2
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
Psalms 27:4
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
1 Kings 3:5-9
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-9)

After Agur’s confession and creed, here follows his litany, where we may observe, I. The preface to his prayer: Two things have I required (that is, requested) of thee, O God! Before we go to pray it is good to consider what we need, and what the things are which we have to ask of God.—What does our case require? What do our hearts desire? What would we that God should do for us?--that we may not…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7-9. A prayer for exemption from wickedness, and the extremes of poverty and riches, the two things mentioned. Contentment is implied as desired.