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Verse Proverbs 30:10. _ACCUSE NOT A SERVANT_] Do not bring a _false_
accusation against a _servant_, lest _thou be found guilty_ of the
falsehood, and he _curse thee_ for having traduced his character...
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ACCUSE NOT A SERVANT - The prayer in Proverbs 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. Other...
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VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH
CHAPTER 30
Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also
upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the
King: Sol...
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PROVERBS 30. THE SAYINGS OF AGUR. It is uncertain whether the title
embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1, or Proverbs 30:1 only.
Proverbs 30:1. The title is extremely obscure, and has been much...
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_Accuse not_ Lit. TONGUE NOT; i.e. use not thy tongue against. Comp.
Psalms 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 tru...
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ACCUSE NOT A SERVANT UNTO HIS MASTER— Do not abuse any poor slave,
whose condition is wretched enough; and therefore rather excuse than
aggravate his fault to his master, who perhaps is too rigorous;...
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CHAPTER 30
TEXT Proverbs 30:1-10
1.
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle.
The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:
2.
Surely I am more brutish than any man,
And have not the un...
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Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be
found guilty.
ACCUSE NOT (LITERALLY, ATTACK NOT WITH THE TONGUE) A SERVANT UNTO HIS
MASTER (for the servant, or slave, being a...
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30:10 about (h-5) Or 'Accuse not.'...
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THE WORDS OF AGUR
The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The
words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM,
'The man saith, I have wearied myself, O God;...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 30
THE PUZZLES OF AGUR AND LEMUEL
(PROVERBS 30:1 TO PROVERBS 31:9)
These passages are by Agur ...
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This is sensible advice. But perhaps Agur was afraid. Agur did not
mention that you could apologise. And Agur did not mention that the
servant might forgive you. Agur also explained his fears in verse...
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ACCUSE NOT A SERVANT — _i.e._, a slave, thus making his already hard
life still more intolerable.
AND THOU BE FOUND GUILTY before God of having wronged him, and so have
to bear the punishment....
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אַל ־תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן עֶ֭בֶד
אֶל־_אֲדֹנָ֑יו_† פֶּֽן ־יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥
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CHAPTER 31
THE WORDS OF AGUR
THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain.
Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we
must briefly indicate the view whic...
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THE ADVICE OF A SHREWD OBSERVER
Proverbs 30:1-17
This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of
whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the
return from...
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This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of
Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from
his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s th...
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Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, (g) and thou
be found guilty.
(g) In accusing him without cause....
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_Accuse. Septuagint, "deliver not" to an idolater, Deuteronomy xxiii.
15. (Rabbins) --- Servant. Add not to his affliction. (Worthington)
--- We must suppose that the accusation is frivolous or false....
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Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be
found guilty. There is a generation that curseth their father, and
doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pur...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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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...
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Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be
found guilty.
Ver. 10. _Accuse not a servant unto his master._] Unless it be in an
ordinance, for the benefit of both. Much less...
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_Accuse not a servant unto his master_ Without sufficient cause, for
otherwise, in some cases, this may be a duty. As if he had said, A
servant's condition is in itself mean and miserable, and therefo...
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Accuse not a servant unto his master, by slanderous reports, LEST HE
CURSE THEE, for the wrong done to him, AND THOU BE FOUND GUILTY,
obliged to pay the penalty of the transgression....
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GOD'S WORD AS THE SOURCE AND DISPENSER OF ALL WISDOM...
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In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out
by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change
in character, both being called "prophecies," and written b...
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ACCUSE NOT:
_ Heb._ hurt not with thy tongue
IT IS ENOUGH:
_ Heb._ wealth...
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ACCUSE NOT A SERVANT, to wit, maliciously, rashly, or without just and
sufficient cause; for otherwise, in some cases, this may be not only
lawful, but a duty, as when a servant lives wickedly, or rob...
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Proverbs 30:10 malign H3960 (H8686) servant H5650 master H113 curse
H7043 (H8762) guilty H816 (H8804)...
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CONTENTS: The words of Agur.
CHARACTERS: God, Agur, Ithiel, Ucal.
CONCLUSION: God's Word is sure and pure, and venturing our souls upon
it, we shall find it a shield against temptations, a safe prot...
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Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur._ The style of this book seems to be
much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with
the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided. H...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:1 The Sayings of Agur. The identity of
Agur, son of Jakeh, is unknown. One claim is that the word translated
ORACLE actually should be the proper name “Massa,” so that v....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 30:1. AGUR. There have been many conjectures about this
person. Many consider that it is a figurative name, and some have
adopted the old Jewish tradition that it is an alleg...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 30:1
PART VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the
words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is
the source of wisdom ...
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This is the end of the proverbs that were gathered by Hezekiah's men.
Now in the thirtieth chapter we have,
The words of Agur (Proverbs 30:1)
Whoever he is. He tells us who he is, but it really does...
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1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Samuel 26:19;...