30 People don’t despise the thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.(A)
31 Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;(B)
he must give up all the wealth in his house.

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30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
To (A)satisfy [a]himself when he is hungry;
31 But when he is found, he must (B)repay seven times as much;
He must give up all the property of his house.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:30 Lit his soul

22 Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed(A) at the city gate,(B)

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22 (A)Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor (B)crush the needy at the gate;

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24 The one who robs his father or mother(A)
and says, “That’s no sin,”(B)
is a companion to a person who destroys.(C)

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24 He who (A)robs his father or his mother
And says, “There is no wrong done,”
Is the (B)companion of a person who destroys.

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24 To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself;
he hears the curse but will not testify.(A)

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24 One who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
He (A)hears the oath but tells nothing.

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Two things I ask of you;
don’t deny them to me before I die:
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.(A)
Otherwise, I might have too much(B)
and deny you,(C) saying, “Who is the Lord?” (D)
or I might have nothing and steal,(E)
profaning[a] the name of my God.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 30:9 Lit grabbing

Two things I have asked of You;
Do not refuse me before I die:
Keep deception and [a]lies far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the (A)food that is my portion,
So that I will not be (B)full and deny (C)You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
And that I will not become (D)impoverished and steal,
And (E)profane the name of my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:8 Lit words of falsehood