30 People don’t despise the thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.(A)
31 Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;(B)
he must give up all the wealth in his house.
32 The one who commits adultery[a] lacks sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:32 Lit commits adultery with a woman

30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,(A)
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery(B) has no sense;(C)
    whoever does so destroys himself.

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