30 Men do not [a]despise a thief, when he stealeth to satisfy his [b]soul, because he is hungry.

31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold, or he shall give all the substance of his house.

32 But he that commiteth adultery with a woman, he [c]is destitute of understanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his own soul.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:30 He reproveth not theft, but showeth that it is not so abominable as whoredom, forasmuch as theft might be redeemed: but adultery was a perpetual infamy, and death by the law of God.
  2. Proverbs 6:30 Meaning, for very necessity.
  3. Proverbs 6:32 Hebrew, faileth in heart.

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