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Proverbs 30

Prov. 30:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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λAccuse
lashan (Hebrew #3960)
properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from 3956; to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
KJV usage: accuse, slander.
Pronounce: law-shan'
Origin: a primitive root
not a servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
unto his master
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
, lest he curse
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
thee, and thou be found guilty
'asham (Hebrew #816)
a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
KJV usage: X certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, X greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
Pronounce: aw-sham'
Origin: or mashem {aw-shame'}
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Hurt not with thy tongue.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Accuse not.
Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue.
Prov. 24:23• 23These [things] also [are] of the wise.{HR}To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. (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, 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 Jehovah have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in 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 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 to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, Today 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• 8Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and accused the Jews.
 9They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!
 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 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 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 were these men brought before the king.
 14Nebuchadnezzar spoke 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 that 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. 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 they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the captivity of the children 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 another's servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth; and stand he shall, for his master is able to make him stand. (Rom. 14:4)
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Prov. 11:26• 26He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him;{HR}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 to the wicked, Thou [art] righteous,{HR}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;{HR}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• 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, Jehovah 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 Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the 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.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Accuse not."

W. Kelly Translation

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Speak not too much about a servant to his master,{HR}Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)