10Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
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. …
Then 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. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-14)Here is, I. A caution not to abuse other people’s servants any more than our own, nor to make mischief between them and their masters, for it is an ill office, invidious, and what will make a man odious, Prov. 30:10. Consider, 1. It is an injury to the servant, whose poor condition makes him an object of pity, and therefore it is barbarous to add affliction to him that is afflicted: Hurt not a ser…
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