Proverbs 30:5

“Every word of God [is] pure, etc.] The whole word of God. “All Scripture”, given by inspiration of God, to which Agur directs, as giving the best account of God, of his name, nature, and perfections; of his Son, person, offices, and grace; being pure, very pure, “purified”f844 like silver, purified in a furnace of earth. The whole of Scripture is pure, free from all falsehood and error; coming from the God of truth, who cannot lie, and therefore called “the Scriptures of truth”: every promise is pure as well as precious, made without dissimulation, faithfully performed, and all yea and amen in Christ; every doctrine is pure, free from the mixtures and inventions of men; the sincere milk of…”

“(Compare Psa 12:6; Psa 119:140).”

“Out of this consciousness of the impotence of all man’s efforts after the knowledge of God rises the sense of the preciousness of every living word that God has Himself revealed, whether through “the Law and the prophets” or through “wise men and scribes.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“Pure - You must not expect the full knowledge of Divine mysteries from me, nor from any man, but from the word of God. Proverbs 30:8”

“word: Psa 12:6, Psa 18:30, Psa 19:8, Psa 119:140; Rom 7:12; Jam 3:17 pure: Heb. purified, Gen 15:1; Psa 84:11, Psa 91:2, Psa 115:9-11, Psa 144:2 Proverbs 30:6”

“5 Every word of Eloah is pure; A shield is He for those who hide themselves in Him. 6 Add thou not to His words, Lest He convict thee and thou becomest a liar. Although the tetrastich is an independent proverb, yet it is connected to the foregoing Neûm \utterance, [Pro 30:1\]. The more limited a man is in his knowledge of God - viz. in that which presents itself to him lumine naturae, - so much the more thankful must he be that God has revealed Himself in history, and so much the more firmly has he to hold fast by the pure word of the divine revelation. In the dependent relation of Pro 30:5 to Psa 18:31 ( Sa2 22:31), and of Pro 30:6 to Deu 4:2, there is no doubt the self-testimony of God…”