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30 Men don’t despise a thief
    if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;
31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times.
    He shall give all the wealth 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 Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor;
    and don’t crush the needy in court;

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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’s not wrong,”
    is a partner with 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 an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul.
    He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

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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 have asked of you.
    Don’t deny me before I die.
Remove far from me falsehood and lies.
    Give me neither poverty nor riches.
    Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’
    or lest I be poor, and steal,
    and so dishonor 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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Footnotes

  1. 30:9 Lit grabbing