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Proverbs 30:5

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Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Proverbs 30:5 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
  • BSB Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
  • NKJV Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
  • NASB ¶Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
  • NLT Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.

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Quick answer

Every word of God is perfectly pure and reliable, and He shields all who take refuge in Him.

Overview

After confessing human ignorance, Agur turns to the trustworthiness of God's word, which is flawless and tested true. Because His word never fails, God Himself becomes a refuge for those who trust His promises. This confidence in Scripture and in God's protecting care finds its fullest assurance in Christ, the Word made flesh and our sure shield.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 12

  • Ps 18:30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
  • Ps 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
  • Jas 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
  • Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
  • Ps 3:3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
  • Ps 119:140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
  • Ps 91:2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
  • Gen 15:1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
  • Rom 7:12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
  • Ps 19:8The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
  • Ps 115:9–11O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)
FAITHSHIELDWORD OF GOD

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Proverbs videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on ProverbsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Wisdom personified, with God before creation and the agent of all things, anticipates Christ 'in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom' — the wisdom of God made flesh.

How Proverbs 30:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Every wordאִמְרָהof Godאֱלוֹהַּis pureצָרַףhe is a shieldמָגֵןunto them that put their trustחָסָה
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