Proverbs 6:30

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

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  • Job 38:39 : 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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  • Prov 6:31-35
    5 verses
    79%

    31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

    32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

    33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reoach shall not be wiped away.

    34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

    35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

  • 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

  • 24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

  • 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

  • Exod 22:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

    2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

    3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

  • 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

  • 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

  • Exod 22:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

    8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

  • 15 Thou shalt not steal.

  • 7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

  • 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

  • 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

  • 5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

  • 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the ecious life.

  • 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

  • 19 Neither shalt thou steal.

  • Matt 6:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

    20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

  • 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by vionce, or hath deceived his neighbour;

  • 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

  • 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

  • 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

  • 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away 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 common among men:

    2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is ecious.

  • 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

  • 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

  • 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

  • 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

  • 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • 7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took viontly away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

  • 3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

  • 22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

  • 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • 21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

  • 5 If thieves came to thee, if rbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

  • 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

  • 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

  • 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.