Proverbs 30:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

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  • Deut 15:9 : 9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
  • Deut 23:15 : 15 Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub. 10 And he got directions from the Lord for him, and gave him food, and put in his hand the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
  • 1 Sam 24:9 : 9 And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.
  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.
  • 1 Sam 30:15 : 15 And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.
  • 2 Sam 16:1-4 : 1 And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine. 2 And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land. 3 And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father. 4 Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!
  • 2 Sam 19:26-27 : 26 And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet. 27 He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.
  • 2 Chr 24:22-24 : 22 So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment! 23 Now in the spring, the army of the Aramaeans came up against him; they came against Judah and Jerusalem, putting to death all the great men of the people and sending all the goods they took from them to the king of Damascus. 24 For though the army of Aram was only a small one, the Lord gave a very great army into their hands, because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they put into effect the punishment of Joash.
  • Prov 11:26 : 26 He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.
  • Prov 24:23-24 : 23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good. 24 He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.
  • Eccl 7:21 : 21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
  • Dan 3:8-9 : 8 At that time certain Chaldaeans came near and made a statement against the Jews. 9 They made answer and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O King, have life for ever. 10 You, O King, have given an order that every man, when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, comes to his ears, is to go down on his face in worship before the image of gold: 11 And anyone not falling down and worshipping is to be put into a burning and flaming fire. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have put over the business of the land of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men have not given attention to you, O King: they are not servants of your gods or worshippers of the gold image which you have put up. 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his wrath and passion gave orders for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to be sent for. Then they made these men come in before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you will not be servants of my god or give worship to the image of gold which I have put up? 15 Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question. 17 If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe. 18 But if not, be certain, O King, that we will not be the servants of your gods, or give worship to the image of gold which you have put up.
  • Dan 6:13 : 13 Then they came near before the king and said, O King, have you not put your name to an order that any man who makes a request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole? The king made answer and said, The thing is fixed by the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.
  • Dan 6:24 : 24 Then the king was very glad, and gave orders for them to take Daniel up out of the hole. So Daniel was taken up out of the hole and he was seen to be untouched, because he had faith in his God.
  • Rom 14:4 : 4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
  • Prov 28:27 : 27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

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    21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

    22 Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.

  • Exod 22:28
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    28 You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.

  • Prov 30:11
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    11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

  • Prov 30:9
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    9 For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

  • Prov 30:6
    74%

    6 Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

  • 1 Tim 6:1
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    1 Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.

  • Deut 23:15
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    15 Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:

  • Lev 19:14
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    14 Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 20:16-17
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    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

    17 Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

  • Job 31:30
    72%

    30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

  • Eccl 10:20
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    20 Say not a curse against the king, even in your thoughts; and even secretly say not a curse against the man of wealth; because a bird of the air will take the voice, and that which has wings will give news of it.

  • Job 31:13
    72%

    13 If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

  • Prov 25:9-10
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    72%

    9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

    10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

  • Exod 20:7
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    7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

  • Titus 2:9
    72%

    9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

  • Eccl 5:6
    71%

    6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Prov 29:19
    71%

    19 A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.

  • Prov 24:28-29
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    70%

    28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

    29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Lev 24:15
    70%

    15 And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.

  • Ps 109:28
    70%

    28 They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

  • Deut 5:20
    70%

    20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

  • Ps 15:3
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    3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

  • Prov 25:6
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    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

  • Prov 3:30
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    30 Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

  • Deut 5:11
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    11 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.

  • Exod 23:1
    70%

    1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

  • Deut 27:16
    70%

    16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

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    70%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Exod 23:3
    70%

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Prov 29:21
    70%

    21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

  • Prov 29:24
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    24 A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

  • Eph 6:9
    69%

    9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

  • Lev 19:12
    69%

    12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

  • Job 13:10
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    10 He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.

  • Exod 23:13
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    13 Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.

  • Prov 5:9
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    9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

  • Deut 24:15
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    15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

  • Jer 48:10
    69%

    10 Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

  • Matt 10:24
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    24 A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

  • Jas 3:10
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    10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

  • Num 23:8
    69%

    8 How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?

  • Ps 143:2
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    2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • Ps 50:20
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    20 You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

  • Prov 20:20
    69%

    20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.