30 People do not despise a thief
If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
31 Yet when he is found, (A)he must restore sevenfold;
He may have to give up all the substance of his house.

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30 People do not despise a thief when he steals
    to fill himself[a] when he is hungry.
31 But if he is found, he will pay sevenfold,
    every possession of his house he shall give.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:30 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

22 Do not rob the (A)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

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

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24 Whoever robs his father or his mother,
And says, “It is no transgression,”
The same (A)is companion to a destroyer.

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24 He who robs his father and his mother and says, “There is no crime,”
    is partner to a man who corrupts.

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24 Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
(A)He [a]swears to tell the truth, but reveals nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 29:24 Lit. hears the adjuration or oath

24 Being a partner with a thief is hating one’s life;[a]
    a curse he will hear, but not disclose.

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  1. Proverbs 29:24 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

Two things I request of You
(Deprive me not before I die):
Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
(A)Feed me with the food allotted to me;
(B)Lest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

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Two things I ask from you;
    do not deny me before I die:
Keep falsehood and a lying word[a] far from me;
    do not give me poverty or wealth;
    provide me with food only for my need.
Or else I will be satisfied and will deny him
    and say “Who is Yahweh?”
Or[b] I will be poor and will steal
    and profane the name of my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:8 Literally “word of a lie”
  2. Proverbs 30:9 Or “Lest”