◄ Proverbs 6:30 {31} ►
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Good News Translation
People don't despise a thief if he steals food when he is hungry;

New Revised Standard Version
Thieves are not despised who steal only to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.

Contemporary English Version
We don't put up with thieves, not even with one who steals for something to eat.

New American Bible
Thieves are not despised if out of hunger they steal to satisfy their appetite.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.

Context
Warnings Against Adultery
…29The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul: 30And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.31But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:…
Cross References
Job 38:39
Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

Proverbs 30:9
Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.

Proverbs 6:29
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