Proverbs 30:6
“Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Add thou not unto his words,.... To the words of God; as the Jews did, by joining their oral law, or the traditions of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Men are not to mingle revealed truth with their own imaginations and traditions. In speculating on the unseen, the risk…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 30:1-6
Some make Agur to be not the name of this author, but his character; he was a collector (so it signifies), a gatherer,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Add thou not Do not mix with the pure silver of His words the dross of human speculations. "Noli investigare res quæ…
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