Proverbs 6:31
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.
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Referenced Verses
- Exod 22:1-4 : 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. 4 If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.
- 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
- Job 20:18 : 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.
- Matt 18:25 : 25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
- Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.
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- Exod 22:1-99 verses81%
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.
4 If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.
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.
6 If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.
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.
9 In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.
- Lev 6:2-54 verses80%
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.
3 And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.
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.
5 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned.
- Prov 6:29-302 verses79%
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.
30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
- Exod 22:12-165 verses78%
12 But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.
13 But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.
14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.
15 If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.
16 If a man takes a virgin, who has not given her word to another man, and has connection with her, he will have to give a bride-price for her to be his wife.
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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.
- Prov 6:32-354 verses74%
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.
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7 Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.
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13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
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6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
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6 In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.
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13 Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;
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30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
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2 If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.
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10 His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
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27 He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.
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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;
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15 If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.
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21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.
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7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
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26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
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20 He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon.
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27 Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.
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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.
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13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
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31 Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?
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21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
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11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
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9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
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24 A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.
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18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
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31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!