Proverbs 30:10
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָשַׁן
lâshan
to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
אָשַׁם
ʼâsham
to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
Key Terms in This Verse
בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
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.
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
And 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...
Then 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 ...
And 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 do...
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
Now 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 t...
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Beware 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 cr...
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