Scripture · Old Testament
Proverbs 6:30
Proverbs 6:30 is verse 30 of Proverbs chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
King James Version
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
World English Bible
Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
Read in context
Proverbs 6:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible
28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
31 Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Read all of Proverbs 6Hebrew words
לֹאnotיָב֣וּזוּpeople despiseלַ֭גַּנָּב<to> the thiefכִּ֣יifיִגְנ֑וֹבhe will stealלְמַלֵּ֥אto fillנַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹappetite hisכִּ֣יforיִרְעָֽבhe will be hungry
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