Proverbs 6:31
But if he be founde, he shall restore seuen folde, or he shall giue all the substance of his house.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 a thiefe, when he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hungrie.
Cross References
Exodus 21:34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead beast shalbe his.
2 Samuel 12:6And he shall restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof.
Matthew 18:25And because he had nothing to pay, his Lord commanded him to be solde, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and the dette to be payed.
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 →