Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
A Lifelong Prayer
Commentators clarify that the phrase "before I die" does not mean a last-minute request. Instead, it is a plea for God to grant these two things for the entirety of the speaker's life. This verse models a consistent, lifelong posture of prayer and dependence on God.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Proverbs
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
4
Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 30:7
18th Century
Theologian
Two things — The limitation of man’s desires follows naturally upon his consciousness of the limits of his knowledge.
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 30:7
19th Century
Bishop
Two things have I required of thee. —The beginning of a series of numerical proverbs. (See above on Proverbs 6:16.)
John Gill
On Proverbs 30:7
17th Century
Pastor
Two [things] have I required of you
Or, "have asked of you F1 , O God"; as may be supplied, for the words…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 30:7–9
17th Century
Minister
Agur wisely prayed for a middle state, so that he might be kept at a distance from temptations; he asked for daily bread suited to his station, his…