Proverbs 6:30
לֹא ־ יָבוּזוּ לַגַּנָּב כִּי יִגְנוֹב לְמַלֵּא נַפְשׁוֹ כִּי יִרְעָֽב ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
In Context
29כֵּן הַבָּא אֶל ־ אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ לֹא יִנָּקֶה כָּֽל ־ הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּֽהּ ׃
31וְנִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּם שִׁבְעָתָיִם אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ יִתֵּֽן ׃
Cross References
Leviticus 6:5וְהָאֵשׁ עַל ־ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּֽוּקַד ־ בּוֹ לֹא תִכְבֶּה וּבִעֵר עָלֶיהָ הַכֹּהֵן עֵצִים בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר וְעָרַךְ עָלֶיהָ הָֽעֹלָה וְהִקְטִיר עָלֶיהָ חֶלְבֵי הַשְּׁלָמִֽים ׃
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 →