Proverbs 6:30

People do not despise a thief if he steals 1 to satisfy his need when he is hungry. 1

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

In Context

29So is the man who sleeps with his neighbor's wife; 1 the one who sleeps with her will not go unpunished. 1

31Yet if he is caught, he will pay back seven times what he stole; 1 he must give up everything of value in his house. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 6:5In addition, in any matter in which he swore falsely, he must restore it in full and he must add one-fifth of the value of it and pay it all to the owner on the day that he is found guilty.

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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