Proverbs 30:10

World English Bible (2000)

"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

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  • Deut 15:9 : 9 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 Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
  • Deut 23:15 : 15 You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you:
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 He inquired of Yahweh for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
  • 1 Sam 24:9 : 9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'
  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods!'
  • 1 Sam 30:15 : 15 David said to him, "Will you bring me down to this troop?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop."
  • 2 Sam 16:1-4 : 1 When David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink. 3 The king said, "Where is your master's son?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.'" 4 Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that pertains to Mephibosheth is yours." Ziba said, "I do obeisance. Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king."
  • 2 Sam 19:26-27 : 26 He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame. 27 He has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Do therefore what is good in your eyes.
  • 2 Chr 24:22-24 : 22 Thus Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, "May Yahweh look at it, and repay it." 23 It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
  • Prov 11:26 : 26 People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
  • Prov 24:23-24 : 23 These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good. 24 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--
  • Eccl 7:21 : 21 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
  • Dan 3:8-9 : 8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews. 9 They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever. 10 You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; 11 and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not respected you. They don't serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don't serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
  • Dan 6:13 : 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn't respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.
  • Dan 6:24 : 24 The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
  • Rom 14:4 : 4 Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
  • Prov 28:27 : 27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

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    6 Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

  • 1 Tim 6:1
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    1 Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

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    15 You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you:

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    14 "'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

  • Exod 20:16-17
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    16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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    30 (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

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  • Job 31:13
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  • Titus 2:9
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    18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Prov 29:19
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    19 A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

  • Prov 24:28-29
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    28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

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    20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

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    11 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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    16 'Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

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    3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21 He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

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    9 You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

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  • Job 13:10
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    10 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.

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    15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

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    10 Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

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    24 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

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

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  • Ps 143:2
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    2 Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

  • Ps 50:20
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    20 You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.

  • Prov 20:20
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    20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.