Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

KJV

Omnis sermo Dei ignitus : clypeus est sperantibus in se.

Vulgate

Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.

ASV

כָּל אִמְרַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַּ צְרוּפָ֑ה מָגֵ֥ן ה֝֗וּא לַֽ/חֹסִ֥ים בּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חָסִ֑יתִי
chsyty
verb · 35×
ךָ
k
noun · 37×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מָגֵ֣ן
mgn
noun · 62×
צֹרֵ֖ף
tsrp
verb · 34×

Themes

Doctrines that cite this verse

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
We affirm that inspiration, though not conferring omniscience, guaranteed true and trustworthy utterance on all matters of which the Biblical authors were moved to speak and write. We deny that the finitude or fallenness of these writers, by necessity or otherwise, introduced distortion or falsehood into God's Word.
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Cross-references

  • 2Sam 22:3 — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
  • 2Sam 22:31 — As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
  • Gen 15:1 — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
  • Gen 15:1 — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
  • Isa 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Jas 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
  • Matt 15:9 — But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Prov 2:7 — He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
  • Prov 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
  • Ps 3:3 — But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
  • Ps 12:6 — The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
  • Ps 12:6 — The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
  • Ps 18:30 — As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
  • Ps 18:30 — As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
  • Ps 19:8 — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 19:8 — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 33:4 — For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
  • Ps 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
  • Ps 91:2 — I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
  • Ps 115:9 — O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
  • Ps 115:9 — O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
  • Ps 115:11 — Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
  • Ps 119:128 — Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
  • Ps 119:140 — Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
  • Ps 119:140 — Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
  • Ps 119:160 — Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
  • Ps 144:2 — My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
  • Rom 7:12 — Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
  • Rom 7:14 — For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.