Proverbs 6:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

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  • Prov 6:31-35
    5 verses
    79%

    31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

    32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

    33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

    34 For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.

    35 He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

  • Prov 6:29
    75%

    29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 29:24
    74%

    24 A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

  • Eph 4:28
    74%

    28 Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

  • Exod 22:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.

    2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

    3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.

  • Prov 21:26
    73%

    26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Prov 9:17
    73%

    17 Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.

  • Exod 22:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 If a man puts money or goods in the care of his neighbour to keep for him, and it is taken from the man's house, if they get the thief, he will have to make payment of twice the value.

    8 If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods.

  • Exod 20:15
    73%

    15 Do not take the property of another.

  • Ezek 18:7
    73%

    7 And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Job 5:5
    72%

    5 Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

  • Prov 23:6
    72%

    6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

  • Exod 22:5
    72%

    5 If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.

  • Prov 6:26
    72%

    26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Exod 22:12
    72%

    12 But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.

  • Deut 5:19
    72%

    19 Do not take the property of another.

  • Matt 6:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

    20 But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

  • Lev 6:2
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    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.

  • Ps 50:18
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    18 When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.

  • Ezek 18:16
    72%

    16 Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Prov 30:9
    71%

    9 For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

  • Eccl 6:7
    71%

    7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

  • Deut 24:7
    71%

    7 If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

    2 A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

  • Prov 12:27
    70%

    27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

  • Prov 23:3
    70%

    3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

  • Luke 6:30
    70%

    30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

  • Job 20:18
    70%

    18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

  • Job 22:7
    70%

    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • Prov 19:15
    70%

    15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Prov 27:7
    70%

    7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 13:25
    70%

    25 The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

  • Lev 6:4
    70%

    4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.

  • Prov 10:3
    70%

    3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 19:22
    70%

    22 The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

  • Prov 6:11
    70%

    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Prov 28:21
    70%

    21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Obad 1:5
    70%

    5 If thieves came, attacking you by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not go on taking till they had enough? if men came cutting your grapes would they take them all?

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • Job 31:9
    69%

    9 If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;

  • Ps 109:11
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    11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.