Proverbs 6:30-31
New Living Translation
30 Excuses might be found for a thief
who steals because he is starving.
31 But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole,
even if he has to sell everything in his house.
Proverbs 6:30-31
Lexham English Bible
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:30 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 22:22
New Living Translation
22 Don’t rob the poor just because you can,
or exploit the needy in court.
Proverbs 22:22
Lexham English Bible
22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
Proverbs 28:24
New Living Translation
24 Anyone who steals from his father and mother
and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
is no better than a murderer.
Proverbs 28:24
Lexham English Bible
24 He who robs his father and his mother and says, “There is no crime,”
is partner to a man who corrupts.
Proverbs 29:24
New Living Translation
24 If you assist a thief, you only hurt yourself.
You are sworn to tell the truth, but you dare not testify.
Proverbs 29:24
Lexham English Bible
24 Being a partner with a thief is hating one’s life;[a]
a curse he will hear, but not disclose.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:24 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 30:7-9
New Living Translation
7 O God, I beg two favors from you;
let me have them before I die.
8 First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
9 For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
Proverbs 30:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 Two things I ask from you;
do not deny me before I die:
8 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.
9 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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:8 Literally “word of a lie”
- Proverbs 30:9 Or “Lest”
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