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Proverbs 29:24
24To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself; he hears the curse but will not testify.
Proverbs 29:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
- New International Version (NIV)The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He swears to tell the truth, but reveals nothing.
Context of Proverbs 29:24
22An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered one increases rebellion. 23A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honor. To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself; he hears the curse but will not testify. 25The fear of mankind is a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected. 26Many desire a ruler’s favor, but a person receives justice from the Lord.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:24 word by word
חוֹלֵ֣ק עִם־גַּ֭נָּב שׂוֹנֵ֣א נַפְשׁ֑וֹ אָלָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע וְלֹ֣א יַגִּֽיד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:24
- Proverbs 1:11If they say — “Come with us! Let’s set an ambush and kill someone. Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!
- Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.
- Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.
- Mark 11:17He was teaching them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”
- Proverbs 6:32The one who commits adultery lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
- Proverbs 8:36but the one who misses me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- Proverbs 15:32Anyone who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense.
- Proverbs 20:2A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.
- Leviticus 5:1“When someone sins in any of these ways: If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he will bear his iniquity.
- Judges 17:2He said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver taken from you, and that I heard you place a curse on — here’s the silver. I took it.” Then his mother said, “My son, may you be blessed by the Lord!”
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Hateth his own soul - נפשו naphsho, his life, as the outraged law may at any time seize on and put him to death. He heareth cursing - אלה alah, the execration or adjuration, (for all culprits were charged, as before God, to tell the truth), יגד ולא velo yagpid, 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24On 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 “destroys his own soul.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24Verse 24 The receiver is as bad as the thief.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24he receives the oath: See Leviticus 5:1.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. hateth ... soul--(Compare Pr 8:36). heareth cursing--(Le 5:1), risks the punishment, rather than reveal truth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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