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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Proverbs 6:30

Verse Proverbs 6:30. Men do not despise a thief if he steal] Every man pities the poor culprit who was perishing for lack of food, and stole to satisfy his hunger; yet no law clears him: he is bound to make restitution; in some cases double, in others quadruple and quintuple; and if he have not property enough to make restitution, to be sold for a bondsman; Exodus 22:1; Leviticus 25:39.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DESPISE. Hebrew. _buz_ (from _bazah),_ is here followed by (-L). for. Render it therefore: "Men will not think it. trifle (or. light matter) for. thief that he should steal: [even] to satisfy", &c.......

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_ The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs 6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _despise_ Some render, _make light of, let go unpunished_("non impunis dimittitur fur," Maur.). But the proper meaning of the Heb. word is to be retained with A.V. and R.V. "The argument appears to be...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 6:23-35 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the for...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; (MEN) DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF, IF HE STEAL TO SATISFY HIS SOUL WHEN HE IS HUNGRY. Men do not think a thief to be beneat...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The OT. never treats theft leniently. Read, 'Do not men despise,' etc. Yes! and much more an adulterer....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    This thief is hungry. He has no food. His family also have no food. So, this thief steals, because he needs food. We can sympathise with him. However, the law will punish him. The law does not forgive...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MEN DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF... — A man who is driven to theft by poverty is more worthy of pity than disdain; not so the adulterer. Again, the thief can make retribution, while the adulterer can have n...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹא ־יָב֣וּזוּ לַ֭ † גַּנָּב כִּ֣י יִגְנֹ֑וב...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [Men] do not (o) despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his (p) soul when he is hungry; (o) He does not reprove theft, showing that it is not as abominable as whoredom, for theft can be restored,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The fault is not so great, &c. The sin of theft is not so great, as to be compared with adultery: especially when a person pressed with hunger (which is the case here spoken of) steals to satisfy natu...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [MEN] DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF, IF HE STEAL,.... They do not discommend or reproach him for it, or fix a mark of infamy upon him, or expose him to public shame by whipping him; but rather excuse him and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Men do not despise a thief_ That is, abhor or reproach him, but rather pity and pardon him, who is urged by mere necessity to these practices, but the adulterer is abhorred by all. _If he_ The thief;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Men do not despise a thief, literally, "heap contempt and shame upon him," although they do insist upon his punishment, IF HE STEAL TO SATISFY HIS SOUL WHEN HE IS HUNGRY, that is, when only the greate...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DESPISE, i.e. abhor or reproach him, but rather pity and pardon him, who is urged by mere necessity to these practices....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 6:30 despise H936 (H8799) thief H1590 steals H1589 (H8799) satisfy H4390 (H8763) himself H5315 starving...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    TO STEAL A MAN'S WIFE BY ADULTERY IS FAR WORSE AND FAR MORE COSTLY THAN TO STEAL HIS POSSESSIONS, FOR COMPENSATION CAN BE MADE FOR STOLEN POSSESSIONS, BUT NO COMPENSATION WILL BE CONSIDERED AS SATISFA...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry._ THEFT THROUGH NECESSITY The deceitful and perverting influence of sin requires careful consideration. While as yet it is only a principle in the m...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:27 The father uses two comparisons to show how adultery leads to disaster. First, he says that one who engages in foolish behavior will suffer for it (vv. Proverbs 6:27

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:24. Evil woman, literally. “the woman of evil.” PROVERBS 6:26. Last clause means “an adulteress allures to that which may cost a man his life” (_Stuart_). Proverbs 6:30

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 24:7; Exodus 20:15; Exodus 22:2; Exodus 22:7; Genesis 31:19

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Despise — Abhor, but rather pity him....

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