Proverbs 6:30

World English Bible (2000)

Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

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  • Job 38:39 : 39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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    31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

    32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

    33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

    34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.

    35 He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

  • Prov 6:29
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    29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

  • Prov 29:24
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    24 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

  • Eph 4:28
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    28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

  • Exod 22:1-3
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    1 "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

    2 If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

    3 If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • Prov 9:17
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    17 "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

  • Exod 22:7-8
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    7 "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

    8 If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

  • Exod 20:15
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    15 "You shall not steal.

  • Ezek 18:7
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    7 and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

  • Job 5:5
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    5 whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

  • Prov 23:6
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    6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

  • Exod 22:5
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    5 "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Exod 22:12
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    12 But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

  • Deut 5:19
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    19 "Neither shall you steal.

  • Matt 6:19-20
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    19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

    20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal;

  • Lev 6:2
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    2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,

  • Ps 50:18
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    18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

  • Ezek 18:16
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    16 neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

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    9 lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Deut 24:7
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    7 If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
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    1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

    2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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    27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

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    3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

  • Luke 6:30
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    30 Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

  • Job 20:18
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    18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

  • Job 22:7
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    7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Lev 6:4
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    4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

  • Prov 10:3
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    3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

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    22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

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    17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

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    9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

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    11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.