Proverbs 6:30

It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, 1 For he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

In Context

29So is he that goes in to a married woman; 1 He shall not be held guiltless, neither anyone that touches her. 1

31But if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, 1 And shall deliver himself by giving all his goods. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 6:5And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the whole burnt offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace offering.

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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