Proverbs 6:31
Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
In Context
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
Cross References
Exodus 21:34the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the owner of it, and the dead [beast] shall be his.
2 Samuel 12:6And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Matthew 18:25But of him not having to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all things, as many as he had, and payment to be made.
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 →