Proverbs 6:31
And being found he repays sevenfold, || He gives all the substance of his house.
Literal Standard Version
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 the thief, || When he steals to fill his soul when he is hungry,
32He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks heart, || He who does it is destroying his soul.
Cross References
Exodus 21:34the owner of the pit repays, he gives back money to its owner, and the dead is his.
2 Samuel 12:6and [for] the ewe-lamb he repays fourfold, because that he has done this thing, and because that he had no pity.”
Matthew 18:25and he having nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever 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 →