OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 30:10

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“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

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Verse 10. Accuse. Septuagint “deliver not” to an idolater. Deuteronomy 23:15. Rabbins—Servant. Add not to his affliction. Worthington.—We must suppose that the accusation is frivolous or false. Lyran.—A servant may do a person much injury: but this ought not to deter the other from performing what justice and charity require.

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