Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 30:10
10Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Proverbs 30:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
- New International Version (NIV)“Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not malign a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
Context of Proverbs 30:10
8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me: 9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use profanely the name of my God. Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty. 11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes; and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Read all of Proverbs 30Proverbs 30:10 word by word
אַל־תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן עֶ֭בֶד אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֑יו פֶּֽן־יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥ וְאָשָֽׁמְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 30:10
- Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
- Deuteronomy 23:15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
- 1 Samuel 22:9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 24:9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
- 1 Samuel 26:19Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be the LORD that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
- 1 Samuel 30:15And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.
- 2 Samuel 16:1And when David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
- 2 Samuel 19:26And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.
- Daniel 3:8Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
- Daniel 6:13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
- Romans 14:4Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
- Proverbs 11:26He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
- Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him:
- Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
- Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a base thought in thine heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
- 2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
Commentaries on Proverbs 30:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Accuse not a servant - Do not bring a false accusation against a servant, lest thou be found guilty of the falsehood, and he curse thee for having traduced his character, and in his turn traduce thine. In general, do not meddle with other people's servants.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Accuse not a servant - The prayer in Proverbs 30:8 does not shut out, sympathy with those who are less favored. Even the slave has a right to protection against frivolous or needless accusation. Others, however, render the words Make not a slave to accuse his master, i. e., Do not make him discontented with his lot, lest he afterward curse thee for having made it worse than it was.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 Slander not a servant to his master, accuse him not in small matters, to make mischief.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Accuse not--Slander not (Psa 10:7). curse ... guilty--lest, however lowly, he be exasperated to turn on thee, and your guilt be made to appear.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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