Proverbs 6:30
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
Darby Translation
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 he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
31and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Cross References
Leviticus 6:5or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; and he shall restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto; to [him to] whom it belongeth shall he give it, on the day of his trespass-offering.
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 →