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Proverbs 30:6

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

KJV

Ne addas quidquam verbis illius, et arguaris, inveniarisque mendax.

Vulgate

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

ASV

אַל תּ֥וֹסְףְּ עַל דְּבָרָ֑י/ו פֶּן יוֹכִ֖יחַ בְּ/ךָ֣ וְ/נִכְזָֽבְתָּ

Hebrew

Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved and found a liar:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
יְכַזֵּ֑ב
ykzb
verb · 18×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×

Historic Christian voices

4 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.
1 And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the preceding section, my revered brother Ambrosius, brother formed according to the Gospel, we have discussed, as far as is at present in our power, what the Gospel is, and what is the beginning in which the Word was, and what the Word is which was in the beginning. We now come to consider the next point in the work before …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:12 — Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
  • 1Cor 15:15 — Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
  • Deut 4:2 — Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
  • Deut 4:2 — Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
  • Deut 12:32 — What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
  • Deut 12:32 — What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
  • Eccl 3:14 — I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
  • Gal 1:9 — As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
  • Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p
  • Job 13:7 — Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
  • Rev 22:18 — For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
  • Rev 22:18 — For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: