Proverbs 6:30-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
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 22:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
Proverbs 22:22
New Living Translation
22 Don’t rob the poor just because you can,
or exploit the needy in court.
Proverbs 28:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 Anyone who robs father or mother
and says, “That is no crime,”
is partner to a thug.(A)
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 29:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
Footnotes
- 29.24 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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 30:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Two things I ask of you;
do not deny them to me before I die:
8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that I need,(A)
9 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)
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.
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