Proverbs: Poverty Nor Riches
on Wednesday, September 30, 2020Proverbs Money Quote saying all that is required is daily needs – not wealth or poverty, but necessities. Proverbs said:
“Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread” — Proverbs 30:8
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This verse from Proverbs is expressing a desire for moderation and contentment with life’s necessities rather than extremes of either poverty or wealth. The speaker is asking God for just enough to meet their daily needs for sustenance (“daily bread”), but no more and no less.
It conveys wanting a simple, humble life focused on fundamental provisions rather than an excess of riches or scarcity of poverty. The verse promotes being satisfied with having basic life requirements met rather than craving great wealth or suffering great deprivation.