Proverbs 6:31
And he taken shall yield the seventhfold (or And if he is caught, he shall give back sevenfold); and he shall give all the chattel of his house, and (so he) shall deliver himself.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
30It is no great sin, when a man stealeth; for he stealeth to fill an hungry soul.
Cross References
Exodus 21:34the lord of the cistern shall yield the price of the beasts (or the lord of the cistern shall pay the fair value for the beast); forsooth that that is dead shall be his.
2 Samuel 12:6he shall yield the sheep into fourfold, for he did this word, and spared not. (he shall give him four sheep, for he did this thing, and yet could care less.)
Matthew 18:25And when he had not whereof to yield, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all things that he had, and (so) to be paid.
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 →