Whoever avoids correction despises himself, but whoever heeds reproof acquires understanding.
Proverbs 29:24 - Tree of Life Version An accomplice of a thief is his own enemy. He hears the oath but says 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. |
Whoever avoids correction despises himself, but whoever heeds reproof acquires understanding.
The terror of a king is like a lion’s growl. Whoever provokes him endangers his life.
He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense. Whoever does so destroys himself.
But whoever fails to find me harms his life— all who hate me love death.”
Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.
“If a soul sins—after hearing a charge of an oath, and he is a witness whether he has seen or otherwise known—if he fails to report it, then he will bear his guilt.
And He began to teach them, 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 thieves.’”
And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, which you also repeated it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son of Adonai.”
“Never!” he said to him. “You will not die! Behold, my father does nothing great or small without disclosing it to me. So why should my father hide this matter from me? It cannot be.”