Proverbs 6:30

Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

Bible in Basic English

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 it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

31But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

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Cross References

Leviticus 6:5\6:12\The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned.

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 →

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