Proverbs 30:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 30:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Accuse not a servant - The prayer in Proverbs 30:8 does not shut out, sympathy with those who are less favored. Even the slave has a right to protection against frivolous or needless accusation...
Proverbs 30:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, (g) and thou be found guilty. (g) In accusing him without cause.
Proverbs 30:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30. The Sayings of Agur. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1-9 , or Proverbs 30:1-4 only. Proverbs 30:1 . The title is extremely obscure, a...
Proverbs 30:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. Accuse not a servant - Do not bring a false accusation against a servant, lest thou be found guilty of the falsehoo...
Proverbs 30:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Accuse not a servant unto his master— Do not abuse any poor slave, whose condition is wretched enough; and therefore rather excuse than aggravate his fault to his master, who perhaps is too rigorou...
Proverbs 30:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. Accuse not (literally, attack not with the tongue) a servant unto his master (for the servant, or slave, be...
Proverbs 30:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Words of Agur The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM, 'The man saith, I have wearied myself,...
Proverbs 30:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Accuse not a servant — i.e. , a slave, thus making his already hard life still more intolerable. And thou be found guilty before God of having wronged him, and so have to bear the punishment.
Proverbs 30:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we must briefly indicate the view...
Proverbs 30:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Advice of a Shrewd Observer Proverbs 30:1-17 This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the retur...
Proverbs 30:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s t...
Proverbs 30:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pu...
Proverbs 30:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Accuse not a servant unto his master ,.... Wrongly, rashly, and without any foundation, nor for any trifling thing; unless it be in a case of moment and importance, when his master's business is sad...
Proverbs 30:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. Ver. 10. Accuse not a servant unto his master. ] Unless it be in an ordinance, for the benefit of both. Much les...
Proverbs 30:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Accuse not a servant unto his master Without sufficient cause, for otherwise, in some cases, this may be a duty. As if he had said, A servant's condition is in itself mean and miserable, and theref...
Proverbs 30:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in character, both being called "prophecies," and written...
Proverbs 30:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Four Wicked Generations. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 T...
Proverbs 30:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Accuse not a servant, to wit, maliciously, rashly, or without just and sufficient cause; for otherwise, in some cases, this may be not only lawful, but a duty, as when a servant lives wickedly, or...
Proverbs 30:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:1 . Agur . There have been many conjectures about this person. Many consider that it is a figurative name, and some have adopted the old Jewish tradition that it is an...
Proverbs 30:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 30:1 . The words of Agur. The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided...
Proverbs 30:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 30:1-20 Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the sourc...
Proverbs 30:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Word as the Source and Dispenser of all Wisdom
Proverbs 30:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:10 ; 1 Samuel 22:9 ; 1 Samuel 24:9 ; 1 Samuel 26:19 ; 1 Samuel 30:15 ; 2 Chronicles 24:22-24 ; 2 Samuel 16:1-4 ; 2 Samuel 19:26 ; 2 Samuel 19:27 ; Daniel 3:8-18 ; Daniel 6:13 ;...
Proverbs 30:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Accuse not — Without sufficient cause: for otherwise, in some cases this may be a duty. Curse thee — Desire God to punish thee. Guilty — By God, who is ready to plead the cause of the afflicted.

Proverbs 30:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 30:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 30:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 30:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 30:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 30:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 30:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 30:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 30:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 30:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 30:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 30:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 30:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes