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30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
31 But if he is found, he will restore sevenfold;
    he will give all the substance of his house.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:30 Or, his appetite

Saying Two

22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
    neither oppress the afflicted in 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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Footnotes

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

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother
    and says, “It is no transgression,”
    the same is the companion of a destroyer.

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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 is partner with a thief hates his own soul;
    he hears the oath but tells nothing.

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

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Two things I have required of you;
    do not deny me them before I die:
Remove vanity and lies far from me—
    give me neither poverty nor riches;
    feed me with food convenient for me;
lest I be full, and deny You,
    and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor, and steal,
    and take the name of my God in vain.

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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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Footnotes

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