Proverbs 6:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. ”

• Proverbs 6:31 - 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 6:1-5 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6-11 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12-15 ag...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  If he be found, he shall restore sevenfold— The law, Exodus 22:1-4 did not oblige the thief to restore sevenfold, but only five oxen for one, or, in another case, only double: wherefore some comm...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. But (if) he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house....

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Dissuasives from Hurtful things Proverbs 6:1-19 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lor...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold. — Rather, And if he be found, he may restore sevenfold, he may give up all the wealth of his house. The law only required a two — or four — or five...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - 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 princip...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - 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...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - 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 sleep...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold ,.... According to the law in Exodus 22:1 ; in case of theft double was to be restored, if the theft was found alive in his hand; and in some cases...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. Ver. 31. He shall restore sevenfold, ] i.e., Manifold, according as the law limiteth, though it...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - 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...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity.       20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He shall restore seven-fold. Quest. How doth this agree with God's law, which required only that he should restore double, or at most fourfold, or fivefold? Exodus 22:1 :4 . Answ. 1. The numb...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - 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 ( Prov...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - 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 ). P...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - 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 lendin...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 6:1-20 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship ( Proverbs 6:1-20 ); (2) sloth...

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• Proverbs 6:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Warning Depicting the Consequences of Unchastity

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Samuel 12:6 ; Exodus 22:1 ; Exodus 22:3 ; Exodus 22:4 ; Job 20:18 ; Luke 19:8 ; Matthew 18:25

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• Proverbs 6:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Restore — He speaks not of that restitution which the law required, but of that which either the wronged person might force the thief to make, or which the thief would willingly give rather than be...

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