Proverbs 6:31
and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Darby Translation
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
30They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
Cross References
Exodus 21:34the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead [ox] 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 he not having anything to pay, [his] lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should 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 →