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Proverbs 29:24

A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.

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ASV

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.

KJV

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חוֹלֵ֣קcho.Lek[one who] has sharesH2505 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
גַּ֭נָּבga.noa thiefH1590 →
שׂוֹנֵ֣אso.Ne'[is] hatingH8130 →
נַפְשׁ֑וֹnaf.Shoown self hisH5315 →
אָלָ֥ה'a.Lahan oathH423 →
יִ֝שְׁמַ֗עyish.Ma'he hearsH8085 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יַגִּֽיד׃ya.Gidhe tellsH5046 →

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Leviticus 5:1“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.Proverbs 1:11–19If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”Psalms 50:18–22When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.Proverbs 15:32He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.Judges 17:2said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”Mark 11:17Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”Matthew 26:63But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”Zechariah 5:3Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

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