7 Bible Verses about Robbing Gods
Most Relevant Verses
When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols that were her father’s.
The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our kinsmen point out what is yours among my belongings and take it for yourself.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?”
Now the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there, and took the graven image and the ephod and household idols and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war. When these went into Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod and household idols and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod and household idols and the graven image and went among the people.
He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away, and what do I have besides? So how can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?