Proverbs 6:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:1-4 : 1 Laws about Property(21:37)“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep. 2 “If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him. 3 If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft. 4 If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.
  • 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”
  • Job 20:18 : 18 He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.
  • Matt 18:25 : 25 Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.
  • Luke 19:8 : 8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord,“Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 22:1-9
    9 verses
    81%

    1Laws about Property(21:37)“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.

    2“If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

    3If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

    4If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.

    5“If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

    6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

    7“If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double.

    8If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods.

    9In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.

  • Lev 6:2-5
    4 verses
    80%

    2“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

    3or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–

    4when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found,

    5or anything about which he swears falsely. He must restore it in full and add one fifth to it; he must give it to its owner when he is found guilty.

  • Prov 6:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

    30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

  • Exod 22:12-16
    5 verses
    78%

    12But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.

    13If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.

    14“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

    15If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.

    16Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.

  • Job 20:18
    77%

    18He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

  • Prov 6:32-35
    4 verses
    74%

    32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

    33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

    34for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

    35He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

  • Num 5:7
    73%

    7then he must confess his sin that he has committed and must make full reparation, add one fifth to it, and give it to whomever he wronged.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • 2 Sam 12:6
    71%

    6Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”

  • Prov 15:6
    71%

    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 1:13
    71%

    13We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

  • Exod 21:30
    71%

    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

  • Deut 22:2
    71%

    2If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.

  • Job 20:10
    71%

    10His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

  • Prov 11:27
    71%

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Ezek 18:7
    70%

    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

  • Ezek 33:15
    70%

    15He returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, committing no iniquity. He will certainly live– he will not die.

  • Prov 13:21
    70%

    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 21:7
    70%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 7:20
    69%

    20He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”

  • Lev 25:27
    69%

    27he is to calculate the value of the years it was sold, refund the balance to the man to whom he had sold it, and return to his property.

  • Deut 24:7
    69%

    7If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Prov 27:13
    69%

    13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.

  • Job 21:31
    69%

    31No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

  • Ps 37:21
    69%

    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

  • Job 34:11
    69%

    11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

  • Hab 2:9
    69%

    9The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

  • Prov 29:24
    69%

    24Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

  • Prov 21:18
    69%

    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 11:31
    69%

    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!