He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.
Proverbs 29:24 - Revised Standard Version The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the 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. |
He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.
The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
“If any one sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his inquity.
And he taught, and said to them, “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.”
And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the Lord.”
And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me; and why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”