Proverbs 29:24
¶ Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.
Whoso is partner {H2505} with a thief {H1590} hateth {H8130} his own soul {H5315}: he heareth {H8085} cursing {H423}, and bewrayeth {H5046} it not.
The accomplice of a thief hates himself; he hears himself put under oath but discloses nothing.
A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.
Cross-References
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Leviticus 5:1 (6 votes)
¶ And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and [is] a witness, whether he hath seen or known [of it]; if he do not utter [it], then he shall bear his iniquity. -
Proverbs 8:36 (5 votes)
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. -
Psalms 50:18 (4 votes)
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. -
Psalms 50:22 (4 votes)
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver. -
Proverbs 1:11 (4 votes)
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: -
Proverbs 1:19 (4 votes)
So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof. -
Isaiah 1:23 (3 votes)
Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Commentary
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