Proverbs 6:30
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Updated King James Version
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 goes in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent.
31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Cross References
Leviticus 6:5Or all that about which he has sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertains, in the day of his trespass offering.
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 →