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.

Steal no more

Bible References

Him that

John 12:6
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.
1 Corinthians 6:10
Or a thief, or covetous, or a drunkard, or abusive, or grasping, will have any share in God's Kingdom.

Steal no more

Luke 3:8
Let your lives, then, prove your repentance; and do not begin to say among yourselves 'Abraham is our ancestor,' for I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!
Luke 19:8
But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master: "Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded any one of anything, I will give him back four times as much."

Labour

Acts 20:34
You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Make it your ambition to live quietly, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we directed you;
2 Thessalonians 3:6
We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.

That he

Luke 3:11
"Let the man who has two coats," answered John, "share with him who has none; and the man who has food do the same."
Luke 21:1
Looking up, Jesus saw the rich people putting their gifts into the chests for the Temple offerings.
John 13:29
Some thought that, as Judas kept the purse, Jesus meant that he was to buy some things needed for the Festival, or to give something to the poor.
2 Corinthians 8:2
How, tired though they were by many a trouble, their overflowing happiness, and even their deep poverty, resulted in a flood of generosity.