Breaking Down Proverbs 30:32

1- If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, 

2- or if thou hast thought evil, 

            lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Proverbs 30:32

Proverbs on the 2 Requests

Two things have I required of thee;

deny me them not before I die:

--Remove far from me vanity and lies:

--give me neither poverty nor riches;

feed me with food convenient for me:

Proverbs 30:7,8

Spurgeon on when You are Not Safe

Remove far from me vanity and lies.
Proverbs 30:8

“O my God, be not far from me.” Psalm 38:21.

Here we have two great lessons — what to deprecate and what to supplicate.

*The happiest state of a Christian is the holiest state.

*As there is the most heat nearest to the sun, so there is the most happiness nearest to Christ.

 

No Christian enjoys comfort when his eyes are fixed on vanity

— I do not blame ungodly men for rushing to their pleasures. Why should I? Let them have their fill. That is all they have to enjoy.

 

Christians must seek their delights in a higher sphere than the insipid frivolities or sinful enjoyments of the world. 

 

No Christian is safe

*when his soul is slothful,

*and his God is far from him....

.... he who slips as he goes down into the Valley of Humiliation, every time he takes a false step invites Apollyon to assail him. O for grace to walk humbly with our God!"

Charles Spurgeon 

Nearest.....

Remove far from me vanity and lies.

Proverbs 30:8

"The happiest state of a Christian is the holiest state.
--As there is the most heat nearest to the sun,
--so there is the most happiness nearest to Christ.

No Christian enjoys comfort when his eyes are fixed on vanity—he finds no satisfaction unless his soul is quickened in the ways of God.

***I do not blame ungodly men for rushing to their pleasures. Why should I? Let them have their fill. That is all they have to enjoy.***

Christians must seek their delights in a higher sphere than the

insipid frivolities or sinful enjoyments of the world. Vain pursuits are dangerous to renewed souls. No Christian is safe when his soul is slothful, and his God is far from him.

Satan does not often attack a Christian who is living near to God. It is when the Christian departs from his God, becomes spiritually starved, and endeavors to feed on vanities, that the devil discovers his vantage hour.
He may sometimes stand foot to foot with the child of God who is active in his Master's service, but the battle is generally short: he who slips as he goes down into the Valley of Humiliation, every time he takes a false step invites Apollyon to assail him."
Charles Spurgeon

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The time we live in

There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
Proverbs 30:12 ESV

Pitfalls of Wealth & Poverty

Otherwise,
*I may have too much and disown you and say,
‘Who is the LORD?’

 *Or I may become poor and steal,

and so dishonor the name of my God.
Proverbs 30:9 NIV

Agur's Chapter in the Bible

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Proverbs 30:7-9

"We know very little of the man Agur. He wrote this single curious chapter in Proverbs that is rich in practical advice presented in the ancient oriental style of the Middle East. His burden seems to be one of challenging his generation to resist the pride of life. He

condemns "a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness" (v. 12). He discusses how repugnant "is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up" (v. 13).

In verse 15 and following, he turns his attention on "things that are never satisfied." Towards the end of the chapter he calls the reader's attention to animals that employ well their simple positions on earth. "The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer" (v. 25).

But we see Agur's own personal life philosophy given in our text. In contrast to those who were proud or those who were never satisfied in his generation, Agur prayed for God to give him the appropriate, moderate amount of material blessing.
 His wisdom is demonstrated in his concern that in wealth he might be tempted to leave God, or that in poverty he might be tempted to sin against God.

We would do well to mind Agur's final advice: "If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth" (v.32)." DW