Proverbs 6:30
Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
31Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
Cross References
Leviticus 6:5or in anything as to which he hath been swearing to a falsehood, then shall he make it good in the principal thereof, and the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto,—to whomsoever it belongeth, to him, shall he give it in the day he becometh aware of his guilt;
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 →