Bible verse
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
Proverbs 6:30 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 6.
26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
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.
33 Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
34 For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
KJV
[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
ASV
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
ERV
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
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