Proverbs 30:9-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ or I may feel satisfied and deny you
and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’
or I may become poor and steal
and give the name of my God a bad reputation.

¹⁰ “Do not slander a slave to his master.
The slave will curse you,
and you will be found guilty.”

¹¹ A certain kind of person curses his father
and does not bless his mother.