39 Bible Verses about thieves
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All, as many as came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
If the thief is found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter in by the door into the fold of the sheep, but goes up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber.
Then two robbers are crucified with him, one at the right hand and one at the left.
And he says to them, It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers.
But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.
The thief comes not, except that he might steal and kill and destroy. I came so that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.
Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says LORD.
I will cause it to go forth, says LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers.
Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how thou are cut off!), would they not steal [only] till they had enough? If grape gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
He who is partner with a thief hates his own soul; he hears the adjuration and utters nothing.
And they crucify two robbers with him, one at his right hand, and one at his left.
When thou saw a thief, thou consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
And he said to those who sell the doves, Take these things from here. Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed, they, their kings, their rulers, and their priests, and their prophets,
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
And also the robbers who were crucified with him reviled him the same way.
And having replied, Jesus said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. And he encountered bandits, who also, having stripped him and having beat him, departed having left him being half dead.
If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, [to see] whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee, today thou will be with me in the paradise.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But ye made it a den of robbers.
Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.
(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, so that he may not walk naked, and they see his shame.)
But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
For was not Israel a derision to thee? Was he found among thieves? For as often as thou speak of him, thou wag the head.
They leap upon the city. They run upon the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like a thief.
For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody.
where they crucified him, and two others with him, on this side and that, and Jesus in the middle.
Which therefore, of these three, appears to thee to have become neighbor to the man who fell among the bandits?
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He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit. read more.
We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil. Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag. My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path. For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird, and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.
And he who steals a man, and sells him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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John 12:6Now he said this, not because it was a concern to him about the poor, but because he was a thief, and he had the purse and removed things that were put in.