Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
If the thief be found
Let him pay double
Bible References
If the thief be found
Proverbs 6:30
They will not despise a thief if he shall steal to fill up his soul; for he will be hungry.
Jeremiah 2:26
As the shame of the thief when he shall be found, so was the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their chiefs, and their priests, and their prophets,
John 12:6
And this he said, not that care was to him for the poor: but because he was a thief, and had the small coffer, and carried things deposited.
1 Corinthians 6:10
Nor thieves; nor covetous, nor intoxicated, nor railers, nor rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Let him pay double
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.