Proverbs 30:8 (BSB)

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

From Proverbs 30. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 30:8

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 30:7-9: 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?
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 30:8: Remove far from me vanity and lies,.... This is the "first" request, to be preserved from sin, in general; which is a vain, lying, and deceitful thing; promising pleasure, profit, liberty, and impunity, which it does not give. Agur desires to have vain thoughts removed out of his mind, vain words from his mouth, and vain actions from his life and conversation; to have his...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 30:8: vanity--all sorts of sinful acts (Job 11:11; Isa 5:18).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 30:7-9: Pro 30:7-9 In what now follows, the key-note struck in Pro 30:1 is continued. There follows a prayer to be kept in the truth, and to be preserved in the middle state, between poverty and riches. It is a Mashal-ode, vid., vol. i. p. 12. By the first prayer, “vanity and lies keep far from me,” it is connected with the warning of Pro 30:6.