Proverbs 6:30
It is no great sin, when a man stealeth; for he stealeth to fill an hungry soul.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 entereth to the wife of his neighbour; (he) shall not be clean, when he hath touched her.
Cross References
Leviticus 6:5and furthermore (add) the fifth part to the lord, to whom he did [the] harm. (and furthermore add a fifth part to it, for the person to whom he did the harm.)
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 →