Ephesians 4:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

“He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and

offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery.
They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.

Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Steal no more

Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

Labour

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But the one who gathers by labor increases it.

In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you

keep away from every brother who leads an

unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

That he

And he would answer and say to them, “The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.”

And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.

For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we have need of for the feast”; or else, that he should give something to the poor.

that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.

General references

“You shall not steal.

‘You shall not steal.

Man goes forth to his work
And to his labor until evening.