Proverbs 29:24

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about partnering with evil:

Proverbs 29:24 (NASV)

He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;

He hears the oath but tells nothing.

Proverbs 29:24 (NIV)

The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy;

he is put under oath and dare not testify.

Proverbs 29:24 (ESV Strong's)

24 The partner of a thief hates his own life;

he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.

If you take part in wrong or gain advantage from it you will not be able to speak out and testify against it!   Solomon is teaching us that being party to foul play limits us in our ability to speak truth about it.  If we do it it will simply amount to a confession of guilt.  Our legal system would concur with Solomon and maybe even takes its laws from such proverbs.  It is funny how benefiting from sin can cause us to compromise our voice on sin.  When we have our hands in the cookie jar, we seldom complain about no cookies in the house.  David's sin with Bathsheba and the killing Uriah made it impossible for David to speak out against adultery and murder.  Aaron's sin, with the creation of the golden calf, closed his mouth in regard to telling the people to quit worshiping of idols.  We can't benefit from wrong and speak out about right.