Proverbs 6:30
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
In Context
29So [is] he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.
31Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
Cross References
Leviticus 6:5or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more to it. He shall give it to him to whom it pertains, in the day of his being found guilty.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →