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Proverbs 29:24
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If you assist a thief, you only hurt yourself. You are sworn to tell the truth, but you dare not testify.
Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul; He hears the adjuration and utters nothing.
Partners of thieves are their own worst enemies. If they have to testify in court, they are afraid to say anything.
Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.
Whoever is partner with a thief, hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and discloseth [it] not.
Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life; He hears the curse [when swearing an oath to testify], but discloses nothing [and commits perjury by omission].
The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.
He that takith part with a theef, hatith his soule; he herith a man chargynge greetli, and schewith not.
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.
A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but will not testify.
If you take part in a crime you are your worst enemy, because even under oath you can't tell the truth.
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.
A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.
The accomplice of a thief hates himself; he hears himself put under oath but discloses nothing.
Whoso shareth with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration, and declareth not.
You are your own worst enemy if you take part in a crime. You will not be able to tell the truth even when people threaten you.
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.
Who so is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: hee heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
He who works with a robber hates his own life. He knows about the bad that will come, but can tell nothing.
To be a partner of a thief is to hate one's own life; one hears the victim's curse, but discloses nothing.
He that is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth cursing, & declareth it not.
He who is a partner with a thief hates his own soul; they put him under oaths, but he does not confess.
A thief's partner is his own worst enemy. He will be punished if he tells the truth in court, and God will curse him if he doesn't.
He that shareth with a thief, hateth himself, an oath, he heareth, yet may not tell.
He that is partaker with a thief, hateth his own soul: he heareth one putting him to his oath, and discovereth not.
The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.
Who so is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemie and telleth it not foorth.
For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.
To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself;he hears the curse but will not testify.
Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
Being a partner with a thief is hating one's life; a curse he will hear, but not disclose.
He who shares with a thief hates his soul; he hears a curse, but does not tell it .
Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.
Who so kepeth company wt a thefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemies, & telleth it not forth.
Befriend an outlaw and become an enemy to yourself. When the victims cry out, you'll be included in their curses if you're a coward to their cause in court.
One who is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He hears the oath but tells nothing.
Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life;He swears to tell the truth, [fn] but reveals nothing.
He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He hears the oath but tells nothing.
He who divides the spoil with a thief hates his own soul;He hears the oath but declares nothing.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
partner: Proverbs 1:11-19, Psalms 50:18-22, Isaiah 1:23, Mark 11:17
hateth: Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 8:36, Proverbs 15:32, Proverbs 20:2
he: Leviticus 5:1, Judges 17:2
Reciprocal: Proverbs 30:9 - and take the name Zechariah 5:3 - every one Matthew 26:63 - I adjure
Cross-References
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham's servant, and his men.
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Whoso is partner with a thief,.... That robs and steals, and raises away another man's property; which to do is sinful and contrary to the law of God, and punishable by it; and so it is to join with him in the theft, or to devise, or consent unto it; or to receive the stolen goods, or to hide and conceal them; or to hide the thief, or the theft, and not declare them; see Psalms 50:18. Such an one
hateth his own soul; that is, he is not careful of it, he is not concerned for its welfare as he should be; for otherwise no man, properly speaking, hates his own flesh or body, and much less his soul; but he is negligent of the good of it, and, for the sake of the mammon of unrighteousness, runs the risk of the ruin of it; by which he shows that he loves the world more than his own soul; when the profit of the whole world is nothing to the soul of man, Matthew 16:26; see Proverbs 8:36;
he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not; or "does not declare it" b; he heareth the cursing of those that have lost their goods, and yet he does not declare where they are, and who is the author of the theft, though he knows; or, being suspected of being concerned in it, or, at least, of knowing who did it, be is had before a civil magistrate, and an oath is given him, which he takes, and yet he conceals the matter: which is an aggravation of his sin, and brings ruin to his soul. So the Targum,
"an oath is determined (or brought to him) and he confesseth not.''
Some understand this of a distinct evil, of hearing cursing and swearing, and taking the name of God in vain, and blasphemy against him; yet, through fear of incurring the displeasure of men, and being reckoned a busy body, or through indifference and want of zeal for the glory of God, do not discover it, or inform of it, to a proper person, for the punishment of such; see Leviticus 5:1; and render the words c, as "he that is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; [so] he that heareth cursing, and betrayeth it not."
b ××× ×××× "et non indicat", Junius & Tremellius, Mercerus, Cocceius, Schultens, Michaelis. c So Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
On the first discovery of the theft, the person wronged Judges 17:2, or the judge of the city (marginal reference), pronounced a solemn curse on the thief and on all who, knowing the offender, were unwilling to give evidence against him. The accomplice of the thief hears that curse, and yet is silent, and so falls under it, and âdestroys his own soul.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 29:24. Hateth his own soul — × ×¤×©× naphsho, his life, as the outraged law may at any time seize on and put him to death.
He heareth cursing — ××× alah, the execration or adjuration, (for all culprits were charged, as before God, to tell the truth,) ××× ××× velo yaggid, but HE will not tell IT. He has no fear of God, nor reverence for an oath, because his heart is hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
