Proverbs 30:10
Do not slander or malign a servant before his master [stay out of another’s personal life],
Or he will curse you [for your interference], and you will be found guilty.
Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there is no wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release (remission, pardon), is approaching,’ and your eye is hostile (unsympathetic) toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing [since he would not have to repay you]; for he may cry out to the Lord against you, and it will become a sin for you.
Deuteronomy 23:15
“You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.
1 Samuel 22:9-10
Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s servants, replied, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech [the priest] the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘David seeks to harm you?’
1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, let Him accept an offering [from me]; but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, because they have driven me out this day to keep me from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
1 Samuel 30:15
Then David said to him, “Will you take me down to this band [of raiders]?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or turn me over to the hand of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”
2 Samuel 16:1-4
When David was a little past the summit [of the Mount of Olives], behold, Ziba, the servant of
2 Samuel 19:26-27
He said, “My lord the king, my servant [Ziba] betrayed me; for I said, ‘Saddle a donkey for me so that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ for your servant is lame [but he took the donkeys and left without me].
2 Chronicles 24:22-24
Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but he murdered his son. And when Zechariah was dying, he said, “May the Lord see this and require an accounting!”
Proverbs 11:26
The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],
But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.
Proverbs 24:23-24
These also are sayings of the wise:
To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes [from their need] will have many curses.
Ecclesiastes 7:21
Also, do not take seriously everything that is said, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you,
Daniel 3:8-18
At that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought [malicious] accusations against the Jews.
Daniel 6:13
Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, does not pay any attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you have signed, but keeps praying [to his God] three times a day.”
Daniel 6:24
The king then gave a command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions, they, their children and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
Romans 14:4
Who are you to judge the servant of another? Before his own master he stands [approved] or falls [out of favor]. And he [who serves the Master—the Lord] will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Accuse not
Bible References
Accuse not
These also are sayings of the wise:
To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Lest
The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],
But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.
He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Peoples will curse him, nations will denounce him;
He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes [from their need] will have many curses.