Those who ignore instruction despise themselves, but those who heed admonition gain understanding.
Proverbs 29:24 - New Revised Standard Version To be a partner of a thief is to hate one's own life; one hears the victim's curse, but discloses nothing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: He heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life; he falls under the curse [pronounced upon him who knows who the thief is] but discloses nothing. American Standard Version (1901) Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing. Common English Bible Those who share plunder with thieves hate themselves; even under oath, they don’t testify. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever participates with a thief hates his own soul; for he listens to his oath and does not denounce him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that is partaker with a thief, hateth his own soul: he heareth one putting him to his oath, and discovereth not. |
Those who ignore instruction despise themselves, but those who heed admonition gain understanding.
The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.
But he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.
but those who miss me injure themselves; all who hate me love death.”
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow's cause does not come before them.
When any of you sin in that you have heard a public adjuration to testify and—though able to testify as one who has seen or learned of the matter—does not speak up, you are subject to punishment.
He was teaching and saying, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and even spoke it in my hearing,—that silver is in my possession; I took it; but now I will return it to you.” And his mother said, “May my son be blessed by the Lord!”
He said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. My father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me; and why should my father hide this from me? Never!”