Graphic Bible · Scene 8 of 33

Entirely unpopulated close still life of modest barley bread portion on simple clay plate with plain cup of water, ancient table, no luxury, empty starving body, text or deity.
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Proverbs 30:8

The Allotted Bread

Agur’s Questions and the Wisdom of Small Creatures · Proverbs 30

Story guide: A modest portion of bread rests on a plain table, leaving both deprivation and excess outside the meal.

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8Keep falsehood and lying words far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread I need.

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