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 don’t despise the thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.(A)
31 Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;(B)
he must give up all the wealth in his house.

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

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22 Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed(A) at the city gate,(B)

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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 The one who robs his father or mother(A)
and says, “That’s no sin,”(B)
is a companion to a person who destroys.(C)

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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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Notas al pie

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

24 To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself;
he hears the curse but will not testify.(A)

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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 of you;
don’t deny them to me before I die:
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.(A)
Otherwise, I might have too much(B)
and deny you,(C) saying, “Who is the Lord?” (D)
or I might have nothing and steal,(E)
profaning[a] the name of my God.(F)

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Notas al pie

  1. 30:9 Lit grabbing