39 Bible Verses about thieves
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All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.
I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.
saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.
When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.
and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; 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 princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.
And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .
In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.
(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walked naked, and they see his shame.)
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest 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 yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.
For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters:
where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?
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Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, 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 privily for the innocent without cause; Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; read more.
We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil; Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain 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 privily for their own lives. So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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John 12:6Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.