Proverbs 6:31

And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.

Leeser Tanakh

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

30Men do not despise the thief, if he steal, to gratify his craving when he is hungry:

32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:34The owner of the pit shall make it good, he shall make restitution in money unto the owner thereof; and the dead beast shall be his.

2 Samuel 12:6And the ewe he shall pay fourfold, for punishment that he hath done this thing, and because he had no compassion.

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 →

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