Proverbs 30:5

“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.”

"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him." - Proverbs 30:5
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What does Proverbs 30:5 mean?

“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” (Proverbs 30:5, KJV) In its immediate setting, this sentence comes from the sayings of Agur in Proverbs 30, a section marked by humility and reverence before God. Agur has just spoken of human…

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Pure Words, Sure Shield

“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” — Proverbs 30:5 (KJV) Proverbs 30:5 is a brief sentence, yet it holds two life-shaping truths that belong together: God’s Word is perfectly trustworthy, and God Himself is personal protection for…

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Under the Shield of Your Pure Word

Holy and righteous God, my Father in Heaven, I come before You with reverence and gratitude, acknowledging You as the One who speaks truth without mixture, light without shadow, and goodness without stain. Your ways are higher than my ways, and Your wisdom is deeper than my…

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Proverbs 30:5 - "Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him."
"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him." - Proverbs 30:5
"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him." - Proverbs 30:5
"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him." - Proverbs 30:5
Proverbs 30:30 - "A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;"
Proverbs 30:26 - "The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;"
Proverbs 30:11 - "There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother."
Proverbs 30:25 - "The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;"
Proverbs 14:30 - "A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones."
Proverbs 30:28 - "The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces."
Proverbs 21:30 - "There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD."
Proverbs 23:30 - "They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine."
"A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;" - Proverbs 30:30
Proverbs 24:30 - "I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;"
Proverbs 30:13 - "There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up."
Proverbs 30:12 - "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness."
Proverbs 10:30 - "The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth."
Proverbs 1:30 - "They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof."
Proverbs 11:30 - "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."
Proverbs 30:24 - "There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:"
Proverbs 30:3 - "I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy."
Proverbs 30:21 - "For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:"
Proverbs 30:23 - "For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress."
Proverbs 30:16 - "The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough."
Proverbs 30:29 - "There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:"
Proverbs 3:30 - "¶ Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm."
Proverbs 30:22 - "For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;"
Proverbs 30:31 - "A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up."
Proverbs 15:30 - "The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat."