Proverbs 30:10

“Don’t slander a servant to his master, 2 lest he curse you, and you be held condemned guilty. 1

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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, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Adonai?’ 2 or lest I be poor, and steal, 2 and so dishonor the name of my God. 1

11There is a generation that curses their father, 2 and does not bless their mother. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:9+ 15:9. Deut 15:9 (Deut 15:7-11) (#8.519): T. Not to refrain from loaning a poor man because of the Sabbath year, the seventh Year, the Sh'mitta ·Release· Year / R. Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;” and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Adonai against you, and it be crime deserving peanlty, sin ·missing the goal· to you.

Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. 1 To show partiality in judgment is not + 24:23. Quoted in James 2:1 good. 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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