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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 belong to 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 deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: (Deut. 23:15)

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1 Sam. 22:9‑10• ⁹Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which 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 the Lord 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, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? (1 Sam. 24:9)

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1 Sam. 26:19• ¹⁹Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, 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 company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. (1 Sam. 30:15)

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2 Sam. 16:1‑4• ¹And when David was a little past the top of the hill, 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 bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
²And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be 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 be faint in the wilderness may drink.
³And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
⁴Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. (2 Sam. 16:1‑4)

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2 Sam. 19:26‑27• 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 to the king; because thy servant is lame.
²⁷And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. (2 Sam. 19:26‑27)

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Dan. 3:8‑18• ⁸Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
⁹They spake 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, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
¹¹And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
¹²There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
¹³Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
¹⁵Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye 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?
¹⁶Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful 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 thine 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 which thou hast set up. (Dan. 3:8‑18)

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Dan. 6:13,24• 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 decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
²⁴And 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. (Dan. 6:13,24)

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Rom. 14:4• ⁴Who 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. (Rom. 14:4)

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Prov. 11:26• ²⁶He that withholdeth corn, the people shall 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; him shall the people curse, 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 hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. (Prov. 28:27)

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Deut. 15:9• ⁹Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked 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 unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. (Deut. 15:9)

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2 Chron. 24:22‑24• 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.
²³And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria 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 unto the king of Damascus.
²⁴For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against 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."