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30 Thieves are not despised who steal only
    to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.
31 Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold;
    they will forfeit all the goods of their house.(A)

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:30 Or Men do not despise

22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
    or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)

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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 Anyone who robs father or mother
    and says, “That is no crime,”
    is partner to a thug.(A)

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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 To be a partner of a thief is to hate one’s own life;
    one hears the victim’s curse but discloses nothing.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 29.24 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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

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

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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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