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Prov. 30:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Hurt not with thy tongue.

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Accuse not.

Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue.

Prov. 24:23• ²³These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. (Prov. 24:23)

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Deut. 23:15• ¹⁵Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee: (Deut. 23:15)

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1 Sam. 22:9‑10• ⁹Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
¹⁰And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. (1 Sam. 22:9‑10)

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1 Sam. 24:9• ⁹And David said to Saul, Why dost thou listen to words of men, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt? (1 Sam. 24:9)

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1 Sam. 26:19• ¹⁹And now, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have moved thee against me, let him accept an oblation; but if the sons of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from adhering to the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods. (1 Sam. 26:19)

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1 Sam. 30:15• ¹⁵And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither put me to death nor deliver me up into the hand of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop. (1 Sam. 30:15)

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2 Sam. 16:1‑4• ¹And when David was a little past the summit, behold, Ziba, Mephibosheth's servant, met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and a hundred cakes of summer fruits, and a flask of wine.
²And the king said to Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruits for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
³And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
⁴And the king said to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly bow myself: may I find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king. (2 Sam. 16:1‑4)

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2 Sam. 19:26‑27• ²⁶And he said, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said, I will saddle me the ass, and ride thereon, and go with the king; for thy servant is lame.
²⁷And he has slandered thy servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thy sight. (2 Sam. 19:26‑27)

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Dan. 3:8‑18• ⁸Whereupon at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
⁹They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever!
¹⁰Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
¹¹and that whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
¹²There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: these men, O king, regard thee not; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.
¹³Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then were these men brought before the king.
¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them, Is it of purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my god, nor worship the golden image that I have set up?
¹⁵Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
¹⁶Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
¹⁷If 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 thy hand, O king.
¹⁸But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up. (Dan. 3:8‑18)

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Dan. 6:13,24• ¹³Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who 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.
²⁴And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and 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 ere they came to the bottom of the den. (Dan. 6:13,24)

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Rom. 14:4• ⁴Who art *thou* that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand. (Rom. 14:4)

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Prov. 11:26• ²⁶He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. (Prov. 11:26)

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Prov. 24:24• ²⁴He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him; (Prov. 24:24)

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Prov. 28:27• ²⁷He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse. (Prov. 28:27)

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Deut. 15:9• ⁹Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee. (Deut. 15:9)

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2 Chron. 24:22‑24• ²²And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require it!
²³And it came to pass at the end of the year that the army of Syria came up against him; and they entered into 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 at Damascus.
²⁴Truly with a small company of men came the army of the Syrians, but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers; and they executed judgment upon Joash. (2 Chron. 24:22‑24)

• Applying the principle to Christians, we are reminded of the impertinence and lack of thoughtfulness and care, one for another, which would lead one saint to judge the service of his fellow-laborer. “Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? To his own Master he standeth or falleth.” (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Speak not too much abouth a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

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Or "Accuse not."