Proverbs 30:10

Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse you, and you be utterly destroyed.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

In Context

9lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear vainly by the name of God.

11A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:9Take heed to thyself that there be not a secret thing in thy heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws nigh; and thine eye shall be evil to thy brother that is in want, and thou shalt not give to him, and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in thee.

1 Samuel 22:9And Doeg the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jesse as he came to Nob to Ahimelech son of Ahitub the priest.

1 Samuel 26:19And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they are cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

2 Samuel 16:1And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth came to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred cakes of dates, and a bottle of wine.

2 Chronicles 24:22So Joash remembered not the kindness which his father Jehoiada had exercised toward him, but slew his son. And as he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and judge.

Proverbs 24:23And this thing I say to you that are wise for you to learn: 1 It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:8-10

The Prayer of Agur. 7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 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. After Agur's confession and creed, here follows his litany, where we may observe, I. The preface to his prayer: Two things have I required (that is, requested ) of thee, O God! Before we go to… Read the whole commentary →

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