Proverbs 6:30
Not so great is the fault when someone has stolen. For he steals so as to satisfy a hungry soul.
Catholic Public Domain 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 also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.
31Also, if he is apprehended, he shall repay sevenfold and hand over all the substance of his house.
Cross References
Leviticus 6:5all that he wanted to obtain by fraud, the whole plus an additional fifth part, to the owner against whom he brought the damage.
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 →