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30 Excuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving.
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People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, even if he has to sell everything in his house.
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Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself.
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But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
33 He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased.
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Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.
34 For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
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For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will accept no compensation, nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.
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He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
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