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Proverbs 30:10

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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.

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

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Compare

BSB
Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
KJV
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
WEB
“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
ASV
Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
DARBY
Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
BLB
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you and you be found guilty.
ÅB
Baktal ikke en tjener for hans herre, for at han ikke skal banne deg, og du dra skyld over deg!
OTB
Baktal ikke en tjener for hans herre, ellers vil han forbanne deg, og du vil bli funnet skyldig.
B1930
Baktal ikke en tjener for hans herre, forat han ikke skal banne dig, og du dra skyld over dig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 7:21

    Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

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  • Romans 14:4

    Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

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  • Daniel 3:8–18

    Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:26–27

    And 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 to the king; because thy servant is lame.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:22–24

    Thus 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.

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  • Daniel 6:13

    Then 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 decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

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  • Proverbs 24:23–24

    These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

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  • Daniel 6:24

    And the king commanded, and they brought those men which 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 brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

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