30 Men do not [a]despise a thief, when he stealeth to satisfy his [b]soul, because he is hungry.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:30 He reproveth not theft, but showeth that it is not so abominable as whoredom, forasmuch as theft might be redeemed: but adultery was a perpetual infamy, and death by the law of God.
  2. Proverbs 6:30 Meaning, for very necessity.

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