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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 6, Verse 31

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[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
King James Version
But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
American Standard Version
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
New English Translation
Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
World English Bible
but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
32
[But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34
For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4
Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
6
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,