39 Bible Verses about thieves

All those who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep do not listen to them.

" 'If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.

"Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up at some other place--that one is a thief and a robber.

Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.

Has this house, which is called {by my name}, become a cave of robbers in your eyes? Look, I, even I, have seen [it]," {declares} Yahweh.

'I have sent it out,' {declares} Yahweh of hosts, 'and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of the one swearing {falsely by my name}, and it will spend the night in that house and will destroy it, with its timber and its stone.'"

And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"

saying to them, "It is written, 'And my house will be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

But [if] he is found, he will pay sevenfold, every possession of his house he shall give.

"If thieves came to you, if plunderers of [the] night--How you have been destroyed!--would they not steal {what they wanted}? If grape gatherers came, would they not leave gleanings?

Being a partner with a thief is hating one's life; a curse he will hear, but not disclose.

And with him they crucified two robbers, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.

When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers.

And to the ones selling the doves he said, "Take these [things] away from here! Do not make my Father's house {a marketplace}!"

As [the] shame of a thief when he is caught in the act, so the house of Israel will be ashamed. They, their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their prophets.

[People] do not despise a thief when he steals to fill himself when he is hungry.

And in the same [way] even the robbers who were crucified with him were reviling him.

And Jesus replied [and] said, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who both stripped him and beat [him]. [After] inflicting blows on [him], they went away, leaving [him] half dead.

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house will be brought {to the sanctuary} [to learn] whether or not he reached out his hand to his neighbor's possession.

And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

[The] tents of [the] destroyers are at peace, and [there is] security for those who provoke God, [for those] whom God brings into his hand.

He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [the] light

And he began to teach and was saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed [is] the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!)

But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.

Now [was] not Israel the laughingstock to you? Or was he found among thieves? For {as often as} you spoke over him you shook [your head].

In the city they rush forth; on the walls they run. Into the houses they climb up; through the windows they enter like thief.

for [you] yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the [same] way as a thief in the night.

He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.

By all means do not let anyone of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

where they crucified him, and with him two others, {one on each side}, and Jesus in the middle.

Which of these three do you suppose became a neighbor of the man who fell among the robbers?"