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30 [a]Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To (A)fill [b]himself when he is hungry;
31 But when he is found, he must (B)repay sevenfold;
He must give all the [c]substance of his house.

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  1. Proverbs 6:30 Or Do not men...?; lit They do not
  2. Proverbs 6:30 Lit his soul
  3. Proverbs 6:31 Or wealth

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal
To satisfy [a]himself when he is hungry:
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;
He shall give all the substance of his house.

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  1. Proverbs 6:30 Or, his appetite

30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,(A)
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

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22 (A)Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
And do not (B)crush the afflicted at the gate;

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22 Rob not the poor, [a]because he is poor;
Neither [b]oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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  1. Proverbs 22:22 Or, for
  2. Proverbs 22:22 Or, crush

Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)

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24 He who (A)robs his father or his mother
And says, “It is not a transgression,”
Is the (B)companion of a man who destroys.

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24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression,
The same is the companion of a destroyer.

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24 Whoever robs their father or mother(A)
    and says, “It’s not wrong,”
    is partner to one who destroys.(B)

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24 He who [a]divides the spoil with a thief hates his own soul;
He (A)hears the oath but declares nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 29:24 Or partners

24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul;
He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.

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24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
    they are put under oath and dare not testify.(A)

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Two things I asked of You,
Do not withhold from me before I die:
Keep worthlessness and every false word far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the (A)food that is my portion,
Lest I be (B)full and deny (C)You and say, “Who is Yahweh?”
Or lest I be (D)impoverished and steal,
And [a](E)profane the name of my God.

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  1. Proverbs 30:9 Lit take hold of

Two things have I asked of thee;
Deny me them not before I die:
Remove far from me falsehood and lies;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with [a]the food that is needful for me:
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah?
Or lest I be poor, and steal,
And [b]use profanely the name of my God.

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  1. Proverbs 30:8 Hebrew the bread of my portion.
  2. Proverbs 30:9 Hebrew handle the name.

“Two things I ask of you, Lord;
    do not refuse me before I die:
Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
    give me neither poverty nor riches,
    but give me only my daily bread.(A)
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown(B) you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’(C)
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.(D)

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