5 Bible Verses about Bandits

At the same time two robbers were crucified with Jesus, one on the right and one on the left.

Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

Then your poverty will come as a robber,
And your want like an armed man.

So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]
And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].

She lurks and lies in wait like a robber [who waits for prey],
And she increases the faithless among men.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Whose eyes are red and dim?

Those who linger long over wine,
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
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Do not look at wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the glass,
When it goes down smoothly.

At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.

Your [drunken] eyes will see strange things
And your mind will utter perverse things [untrue things, twisted things].

And you will be [as unsteady] as one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
And [as vulnerable to disaster] as one who lies down on the top of a ship’s mast, saying,

“They struck me, but I was not hurt!
They beat me, but I did not feel it!
When will I wake up?
I will seek more wine.”