Proverbs 30:10

Do not slander an eved unto his adon, 1 lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 full, and deny Thee, 1 and say, Who is Hashem? 1 Or lest I be poor, and become a ganav, 1 and profane the Shem of Elohai. 1

11There is a dor (generation) that curseth its av, 1 and doth not make a bracha on its em. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy lev beliyaal, saying, The seventh year, the shnat hashemittah (the year of release), is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto Hashem against thee, and it be chet (sin) unto thee.

1 Samuel 22:9Then answered Do'eg the Edomi, which was set over the avadim of Sha'ul, and said, I saw Ben Yishai coming to Nov, to Achimelech ben Achituv.

1 Samuel 26:19Now therefore, let adoni HaMelech hear the devarim of his eved. If Hashem have stirred thee up against me, let Him accept a minchah; but if they be bnei adam, cursed be they before Hashem; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the nachalah of Hashem, saying, Go, serve elohim acharim.

2 Samuel 16:1And when Dovid was a little past the top of the hill, hinei, Tziva the na'ar of Mephivoshet met him, with a couple of chamorim saddled, and upon them 200 lechem, and 100 bunches of tzimmukim, and 100 kayitz, and a skin of yayin.

2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Yoash HaMelech remembered not the chesed which Yehoyada Aviv had done to him, but slaughtered bno. And when he died, he said, May Hashem look upon it, and may He call to account.

Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to chachamim: 1 it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat. 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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