Proverbs 6:31Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.
וְ֭נִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם אֶת־כָּל־ה֖וֹן בֵּית֣וֹ יִתֵּֽן׃
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- Luke 19:8But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.
- Job 20:18He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.
- Ex 22:1If any man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill or sell it: he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.
- Ex 22:4If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep: he shall restore double.
- 2 Sam 12:6He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.
- Matt 18:25And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.