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

30 Do not men despise[a] a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?
31 And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold;
    he will give all the goods of his house.

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  1. Proverbs 6:30 Or Men do not despise

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

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22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
    or crush the afflicted at the gate;

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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 He who robs his father or his mother
    and says, “That is no transgression,”
    is the companion of a man who destroys.

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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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24 The partner of a thief hates his own life;
    he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.

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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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  1. Proverbs 30:8 Lit words of falsehood

Two things I ask of thee;
    deny them not to me before I die:
Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
    give me neither poverty nor riches;
    feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full, and deny thee,
    and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor, and steal,
    and profane the name of my God.

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