Proverbs 30:10 (BSB)

Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

From Proverbs 30. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 30:10

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 30:10-14: 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 odious, Pro 30:10. Consider, 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 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 neglected, or he is injured in his property by him: especially care should be taken not to calumniate a servant, to abuse him with the tongue, as the word (g) signifies...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 30:10: Accuse not--Slander not (Psa 10:7). curse . . . guilty--lest, however lowly, he be exasperated to turn on thee, and your guilt be made to appear.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 30:10: Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. (g) In accusing him without cause.