Proverbs 6:31
And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
30The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:
32But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:
Cross References
Exodus 21:34The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.
2 Samuel 12:6He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.
Matthew 18:25And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children and all that 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 →