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Keep deception and lies far away from me,
    and give me neither poverty nor wealth.
Feed me with food that I need for today,[a]
so that I don’t become overfed and deny you by saying,
        “Who is the Lord?”
or so that I don’t become poor and steal,
    and then misuse the name of my God.

On Different Kinds of People

10 Don’t lie about a servant to his master,
    or that servant[b] will curse you and you will pay for it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:8 Or that is appropriate for me
  2. Proverbs 30:10 Lit. or he