Ephesians 4:28

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Summary

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Him that

Steal no more

Labour

2 Thessalonians 3:6

That he

General references

Exodus 20:15

Deuteronomy 5:19

Psalm 104:23

Bible References

Him that

"You shall not steal.

" 'And {whoever kidnaps someone} and sells him, or he is found in his possession, he will surely be put to death.

Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.

Will you steal? Will you murder? And will you commit adultery? And will you swear {falsely}? And will you make a smoke offering to the Baal? And will you go after other gods whom you have not known?

Swearing and lying, murdering and stealing, and adultery break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

And he said to me, "This [is] the curse going out over the surface of the whole earth. For everyone who steals has gone unpunished according to it, and [likewise] everyone who swears [falsely] has gone unpunished according to it.

(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)

nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Steal no more

teach me yourself {what I cannot see}; if I have done wrong, I will not repeat [it]'?

He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

And Zacchaeus stopped [and] said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying [it] back four times [as much]!"

Labour

Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.

In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.

You yourselves know that these hands served [to meet] my needs and [the needs of] those who were with me.

and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, [that] you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

That he

And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."

And he looked up [and] saw the rich putting their gifts into the contribution box,

For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)

that with a great ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extreme depth of their poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.

General references

"You shall not steal.

'And you shall not steal.

Humankind goes out to its work, and to its labor until evening.