Proverbs 30:10

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 sadly…

Accuse not a servant - The prayer in Pro 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. Others,…

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…

Accuse not Lit. tongue not; i.e. use not thy tongue against. Comp. Psa 101:5, where the same Heb. word is used in the same sense.

lest he curse thee&c. lest thy charge against him being not truth but…