Proverbs 6:30

We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29No! And in the same way, anyone who ◄sleeps with/has sex with► another man’s wife will suffer for doing that. He will certainly [LIT] be punished severely.

31But if he steals something and then is caught by the police, he will have to pay back ◄seven times as much as/much more than► he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house to get enough money to pay it back.

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Cross References

Leviticus 6:5You must not only return anything like that to its owner, but you must also pay to the owner one-fifth of its value.

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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