Verse 10
Proverbs 30:10
New King James Version
10
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַל תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן עֶ֭בֶד אֶל אדנ/ו אֲדֹנָ֑י/ו פֶּֽן יְקַלֶּלְ/ךָ֥ וְ/אָשָֽׁמְתָּ
English Translation
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you and you be found guilty.
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Chapter 30 Context
1
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh,
even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel a...
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2
Surely I
am more brutish than
any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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3
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bo...
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5
Every word of God (Elohim)
is pure: he
is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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6
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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7
Two
things have I required of thee; deny me
them
not before I die:
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8
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient...
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9
Lest I be full, and deny
thee, and say, Who
is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the...
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10
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.
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12
There is a generation
that are pure in their own eyes, and
yet is not washed from their filthiness.
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13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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14
There is a generation, whose teeth
are as swords, and their jaw teeth
as knives, to devour the poor...
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15
The horseleach hath two daughters,
crying, Give, give. There are three
things that are never satisfi...
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16
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth
that is not filled with water; and the fire
that saith not...
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17
The eye
that mocketh at
his father, and despiseth to obey
his mother, the ravens of the valley shall...
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18
There be three
things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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19
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of...
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20
Such
is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no...
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21
For three
things the earth is disquieted, and for four
which it cannot bear:
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22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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23
For an odious
woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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24
There be four
things which are little upon the earth, but they
are exceeding wise:
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25
The ants
are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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26
The conies
are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
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27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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28
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
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29
There be three
things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
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30
A lion
which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
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31
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom
there is
no rising up.
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32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil,
lay thine hand upon...
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33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood...
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