Proverbs 6:30
Men do not despise the thief, if he steal, to gratify his craving when he is hungry:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
In Context
31And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.
Cross References
Leviticus 6:5(5:24) Or any one thing about which he may have sworn falsely; and he shall restore it in its principal, and the fifth part thereof shall he add thereto; unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, on the day when he confesseth his trespass.
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 →