Proverbs 30:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Never say bad things about a slave to his master. If you do, he will curse you, and you will suffer for it.

Cross References

Romans 14:4

You cannot judge the servants of someone else. Their own master decides if they are doing right or wrong. And the Lord’s servants will be right, because the Lord is able to make them right.

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Don’t listen to everything people say. You might hear your own servant saying bad things about you.

Daniel 6:24

Then the king gave a command to bring the men who had accused Daniel to the lions’ den. The men and their wives and children were thrown into the lions’ den. The lions grabbed them before they hit the floor. The lions ate their bodies and then chewed on their bones.

Daniel 6:13

Then they said to the king, “That man Daniel is not paying any attention to you. He is one of the captives from Judah, and he is not paying attention to the law you signed. Daniel still prays to his God three times every day.”

Proverbs 28:27

Whoever gives to the poor will have plenty. Whoever refuses to help them will get nothing but curses.

Proverbs 11:26

People curse a greedy man who refuses to sell his grain, but they bless a man who sells his grain to feed others.

1 Samuel 30:15

David asked the Egyptian, “Will you lead me to the people who took our families?” The Egyptian answered, “If you make a special promise before God, I will help you find them. But you must promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master.”

1 Samuel 26:19

My lord the king, listen to me. If the Lord caused you to be angry with me, let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry with me, I ask the Lord to curse them because they forced me to leave the land that the Lord gave me and told me to go serve other gods.

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen when people say, ‘David plans to hurt you’?

Deuteronomy 23:15

“If slaves run away and come to you, don’t force them to go back to their masters.

Deuteronomy 15:9

“Don’t ever refuse to help someone simply because the seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near. Don’t let an evil thought like that enter your mind. You must never have bad thoughts about someone who needs help. You must not refuse to help them. If you don’t help the poor, they might complain to the Lord, and he will judge you guilty of sin.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled these sacrifices, and it pleased him. The Lord said to himself, “I will never again curse the earth as a way to punish people. People are evil from the time they are young, but I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth as I did this time.