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Proverbs 6:30
Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
Proverbs 6:30 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 6:30 in other translations
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
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In context
27 May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?
28 Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
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:
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.
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