48 Bible Verses about Restitution

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Exodus 22:2-3

If in breaking in a thief shall be found, and he was smitten and died, no bloods for him. If the sun was risen upon him, bloods for him: recompensing, he shall recompense; if nothing to him, to be sold for his theft.

Exodus 22:7

If a man shall give to his friend silver or vessels to watch, and it was stolen out of the man's house, if the thief shall be found he shall recompense double.

Leviticus 6:1-6

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, When a soul shall sin and cover a transgression against Jehovah, and lie against his neighbor in a deposit, or in trust of the hand, or in robbery, or oppressing his neighbor; Or he found the lost thing, and lied concerning it, and swore upon falsehood; upon one of all which the man will do, for sinning in them.read more.
And it was when he shall sin and being guilty, and he turned back the robbery which he robbed, or the oppression which he oppressed, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he found, Or from all which he shall swear upon it for falsehood; and he recompensed it in its head, and he shall add its fifth part upon it, and he shall give it to whom it is to him, in the day of his trespass. And he shall bring his trespass to Jehovah, a blameless ram from the sheep by thy estimation, for the trespass, to the priest

Leviticus 24:17-21

And when a man shall smite any soul of man, dying, he shall die. And he smiting the soul of cattle, shall recompense soul for soul. And when a man shall give a blemish in his neighbor, as he did so it shall be done to him:read more.
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he shall give a blemish in a man so it shall be given in him. And be smiting cattle shall recompense it; and he smiting man, shall die.

Numbers 5:6-7

Speak to the sons of Israel, A man or woman when they shall do from any sin Of man to cover a transgression against Jehovah, and that soul transgressed; And they confessed their sin which they did, and he returned his transgresion with its head, and he added its fifth upon it, and he gave to whom he transgressed against him.

Ezekiel 33:14-15

And in my saying to the unjust, Dying, thou shalt die; and he turned back from his sinning and he did judgment and justice; The unjust shall turn back the pledge he shall restore the spoil, going in the laws of the living not to do evil; living, he shall live, he shall not die.

Exodus 22:5-6

If a man shall feed a field or vineyard, and send forth the cattle and feed in another field: from the good of his field and from the good of his vineyard shall he recompense. If fire shall come forth, and find thorns, and it consume the heap of sheaves or stalk of grain, or the field; he having kindled the fire, recompensing, he shall recompense.

Exodus 21:33-34

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and shall not cover it, and an ox fall there, or an ass: The lord of the pit shall recompense; he shall turn back silver to his lord and the dead shall be to him.

Exodus 22:10-15

If a man shall give to his friend an ass or ox or sheep or all cattle to watch; and it died, or being broken or being taken captive, not being seen: An oath of Jehovah shall be between them both if he put not forth his hand to his friend's goods; and its lord shall take and he shall not recompense. And if stealing, it shall be stolen from him, he shall recompense to his lord.read more.
If tearing in pieces, it shall be torn in pieces, he shall bring it a witness; the torn in pieces he shall not recompense. And if a man shall ask from his friend, and being broken or dying, its lord not with it, recompensing, he shall recompense. If its lord be with it, he shall not recompense: if hired, it came for its hire.

Leviticus 5:14-16

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, When a soul shall cover transgression and sin in erring from the holy things of Jehovah; and he brought his trespass to Jehovah, a blameless ram from the sheep, by thy estimation of shekels of silver, by the shekel of the holy place, for the trespass. And what he sinned from the holy place he shall recompense, and he shall add its fifth upon it, and he gave it to the priest: and the priest shall expiate for him with the ram of the trespass, and it was forgiven to him.

Numbers 5:5-7

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, A man or woman when they shall do from any sin Of man to cover a transgression against Jehovah, and that soul transgressed; And they confessed their sin which they did, and he returned his transgresion with its head, and he added its fifth upon it, and he gave to whom he transgressed against him.

Exodus 22:8-9

If the thief shall not be found, and the lord of the house being brought to God, if he put not forth his hand upon his friend's goods. For every word of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for garment, for every loss which if this say is his: to God the word of both of them shall come; whom God shall condemn, he shall recompense double to his friend.

Exodus 22:1

If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and slaughter it or sell it, he shall recompense five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

Exodus 22:4

If finding, the theft shall be found in his hand, from an ox to an ass, to a sheep; living, he shall recompense two.

Leviticus 6:5

Or from all which he shall swear upon it for falsehood; and he recompensed it in its head, and he shall add its fifth part upon it, and he shall give it to whom it is to him, in the day of his trespass.

2 Samuel 12:5-6

And David's anger will kindle against the man greatly, and he will say to Nathan, Jehovah lives, for the man doing this is the son of death. And the ewe lamb he shall requite four-fold, because he did this word, and because he spared not

Proverbs 6:31

And being found he shall recompense seven fold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

2 Samuel 9:7

And David will say to him, Thou shalt not fear, for doing, I will do with thee mercy for sake of Jonathan thy father; and I turned back to thee all the field of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread upon my table always.

1 Samuel 6:17

And these the tumors of gold which Philisteim turned back a trespass to Jehovah; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.

1 Kings 20:34

And he will say to him, The cities which my father took from thy father, I will turn back; and thou shalt set streets for thee in Damascus, according as my father set in Shomeron. And I will send thee away with a covenant. And he will cut out to him a covenant and send him away.

2 Kings 8:1-6

And Elisha spake to the woman whom he restored to life her son, saying, Arise, and go thou, and thy house, and sojourn where thou wilt sojourn; for Jehovah called for a famine; and also coming to the land seven And the woman will rise and will do according to the word of the man of God: and will go, she and her house, and she will sojourn in the land of the rovers seven years. And it will be from the end of seven years, and the woman will turn back from the land of the rovers, and come to cry to the king for her house and for her field.read more.
And the king Speaking to Gehazi the boy of the man of God, saying, Relate now to me all the great things which Elisha did. And it will be, he relating to the king how he restored the dead to life, and behold, the woman whom he restored to life her son, cried to the king for her louse and for her field. And Gehazi:will say, O lord the king, this the woman and this her son whom Elisha restored to life. And the king will ask the woman, and she will relate to him: and the king will give to her one eunuch, saying, Turn back all which was to her and all the fruits of the field from the day she left the land and even till now.

Nehemiah 5:10-12

And also I, my brethren and my young men exacting upon them silver and grain: we will leave off now this debt Turn back now to them according to this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, and the hundredth of the silver and the grain, the new wine and the new oil which ye impose upon them. And they will say, We will turn back, and we will not seek from them; thus will we do as thou sayest And I shall call the priests and shall cause them to swear to do according to this word.

Luke 19:8-9

And Zaccheus having stood, said to the Lord, Behold, the half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have made any false accusation against any one, I give back fourfold. And Jesus said to him, That to day salvation has been to this house, as he is also a son of Abraham.

Romans 13:8-10

Owe ye nothing to none, except to love one another: for he loving another has completed the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet; and if any other command in this word it is summed up, in it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love works no evil to the neighbor: love therefore the completion of the law.

Matthew 5:23-24

If therefore, thou bring thy gift upon the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother has anything against thee, Let go there thy gift, before the altar, and retire; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then, having come, bring thy gift.

Colossians 3:13-14

(Bearing one another, propitiating one another, if any have a complaint against any: as also Christ propitiated for you, so also ye.) And over all these, love, which is the bond of completion.

Isaiah 57:18

I saw his ways, and I will heal him: and I will lead him and I will restore comforts to him, and to his mourners.

Isaiah 61:3-4

To set to those mourning in Zion, to give to them adorning instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the vestment of praise for the spirit of faintness; and it shall be called to them, The mighty trees of justice of the planting of Jehovah, to be honored. And they shall build the perpetual wastes; they shall raise up the former desolations, and they renewed the cities of the waste, the desolations of generation and generation.

Jeremiah 30:17-18

For I will bring up healing to thee, and I will heal thee of thy blows, says Jehovah: for they called to thee an outcast: This is Zion, none seeking for her. Thus said Jehovah, Behold me turning back the captivity of Jacob's tents, and I will compassionate his habitations; and the city was built upon her hill, and the palace sat upon its judgment

1 Corinthians 15:21-22

For since by man death, also by man the rising up of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:45-49

So also has been written, The first man Adam was born into a living soul; and the last Adam into a spirit making alive. But the first not spiritual, but animated; then the spiritual. The first man of earth, made of earth: the second man the Lord from heaven.read more.
As the made of earth, such also the made of earth: and as the celestial, such also the celestial. And as we have borne the image of the made of earth, we shall also bear the image of the celestial.

Philippians 2:8-9

And found in fashion as man, he humbled himself, being obedient until death, and the death of the cross. Wherefore God has also exceedingly exalted him, and favored him as a gift with a name above every name:

Isaiah 53:10-12

And Jehovah inclined to crash him; piercing him when his soul shall be set a sacrifice for sin, he shall see seed, he shall prolong the days, and the delight of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. And be shall see of the labor of his soul, he shall be satisfied: by his knowledge my just servant shall justify for many; and he shall bear their iniquities.. For this I will divide to him with many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; for which his soul was poured out to death, and he was numbered with transgressors; and he lifted up the sin of many, and he will supplicate for transgressors.

Mark 10:29-30

And Jesus having answered, said, Truly I say to you, There is none who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for sake of me, and the good news, Except he should receive a hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mother, and children, and fields, with expulsions; and in the time coming eternal life.

Luke 18:29-30

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, That there is none who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for sake of the kingdom of God, Who should not receive many fold in this time, and in life coming, eternal life.

Mark 8:35

For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever should lose his life for my sake and the good news, the same shall save it.

Matthew 16:25

For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it.

Luke 9:24

For whoever would wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whoever should lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it.

John 12:24-25

Truly, truly, I say to you, except a kernel of wheat, having fallen into the earth, should die, it remains alone: and if it should die, it brings forth much fruit. He loving his soul shall lose it; but he hating his soul in this world, shall guard it for life eternal.

Philippians 3:8-10

But surely, I also think all things to be loss for the superiority of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have been made to lose all things, and I think to be offscourings, that I shall gain Christ, And be found in him, not having my justice, that of the law, but that by faith of Christ, the justice from God by faith: To know him, and the power of his rising up, and the mutual participation of his sufferings, being rendered conformable to his death;

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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Restitution

Numbers 5:6-7

Speak to the sons of Israel, A man or woman when they shall do from any sin Of man to cover a transgression against Jehovah, and that soul transgressed; And they confessed their sin which they did, and he returned his transgresion with its head, and he added its fifth upon it, and he gave to whom he transgressed against him.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Restitution

Exodus 22:1-4

If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and slaughter it or sell it, he shall recompense five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If in breaking in a thief shall be found, and he was smitten and died, no bloods for him. If the sun was risen upon him, bloods for him: recompensing, he shall recompense; if nothing to him, to be sold for his theft. read more.
If finding, the theft shall be found in his hand, from an ox to an ass, to a sheep; living, he shall recompense two.

Exodus 21:36

Or if this ox was known to push from yesterday, the third day, and his lord guarded him not; recompensing, he shall recompense, ox for ox, and the dead shall be to him.

Leviticus 6:4

And it was when he shall sin and being guilty, and he turned back the robbery which he robbed, or the oppression which he oppressed, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he found,

Leviticus 24:18

And he smiting the soul of cattle, shall recompense soul for soul.

Restitution » Encouraged

Exodus 22:3

If the sun was risen upon him, bloods for him: recompensing, he shall recompense; if nothing to him, to be sold for his theft.

Leviticus 6:4

And it was when he shall sin and being guilty, and he turned back the robbery which he robbed, or the oppression which he oppressed, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he found,

Proverbs 6:31

And being found he shall recompense seven fold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

Ezekiel 33:15

The unjust shall turn back the pledge he shall restore the spoil, going in the laws of the living not to do evil; living, he shall live, he shall not die.

Restitution » Examples of

1 Kings 20:34

And he will say to him, The cities which my father took from thy father, I will turn back; and thou shalt set streets for thee in Damascus, according as my father set in Shomeron. And I will send thee away with a covenant. And he will cut out to him a covenant and send him away.

2 Kings 8:6

And the king will ask the woman, and she will relate to him: and the king will give to her one eunuch, saying, Turn back all which was to her and all the fruits of the field from the day she left the land and even till now.

Nehemiah 5:12

And they will say, We will turn back, and we will not seek from them; thus will we do as thou sayest And I shall call the priests and shall cause them to swear to do according to this word.

Restitution » To be made for dishonesty

Numbers 5:7

And they confessed their sin which they did, and he returned his transgresion with its head, and he added its fifth upon it, and he gave to whom he transgressed against him.

Ezekiel 33:15

The unjust shall turn back the pledge he shall restore the spoil, going in the laws of the living not to do evil; living, he shall live, he shall not die.

Leviticus 6:2-5

When a soul shall sin and cover a transgression against Jehovah, and lie against his neighbor in a deposit, or in trust of the hand, or in robbery, or oppressing his neighbor; Or he found the lost thing, and lied concerning it, and swore upon falsehood; upon one of all which the man will do, for sinning in them. And it was when he shall sin and being guilty, and he turned back the robbery which he robbed, or the oppression which he oppressed, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he found, read more.
Or from all which he shall swear upon it for falsehood; and he recompensed it in its head, and he shall add its fifth part upon it, and he shall give it to whom it is to him, in the day of his trespass.

Job 20:18

Turning back the labor, and he shall not swallow down: according to the substance of his exchange and he shall not exult

Restitution » To be made for theft

Exodus 22:1-4

If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and slaughter it or sell it, he shall recompense five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If in breaking in a thief shall be found, and he was smitten and died, no bloods for him. If the sun was risen upon him, bloods for him: recompensing, he shall recompense; if nothing to him, to be sold for his theft. read more.
If finding, the theft shall be found in his hand, from an ox to an ass, to a sheep; living, he shall recompense two.

Proverbs 6:30-31

They will not despise a thief if he shall steal to fill up his soul; for he will be hungry. And being found he shall recompense seven fold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

Ezekiel 33:15

The unjust shall turn back the pledge he shall restore the spoil, going in the laws of the living not to do evil; living, he shall live, he shall not die.

Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property

Leviticus 24:18

And he smiting the soul of cattle, shall recompense soul for soul.

Exodus 21:30-36

If an expiation shall be put upon him, the price of redemption of his soul according to all which shall be put upon him. If he shall push (with his horns) a son, or shall push a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. If the ox shall push a servant, or a maid, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to his lord, and the ox shall be stoned. read more.
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and shall not cover it, and an ox fall there, or an ass: The lord of the pit shall recompense; he shall turn back silver to his lord and the dead shall be to him. And if a man's ox shall strike the ox of his friend and he died, and they shall sell the living ox and divide the silver, and also the dead ox they shall divide. Or if this ox was known to push from yesterday, the third day, and his lord guarded him not; recompensing, he shall recompense, ox for ox, and the dead shall be to him.

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