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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.

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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,

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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.

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