39 Bible Verses about thieves
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All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
"Truly, truly, I tell you, one who does not enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
The thief only comes to steal, 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, says the LORD.
I will cause it to go out," says the LORD of hosts, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'."
but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
"If thieves came to you, if robbers by night?oh, what disaster awaits you?wouldn't they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes?
Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here. Do not make my Father's house a marketplace."
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their prophets;
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
Jesus answered, "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 isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
And he said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
He taught, saying to them, "Is not it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers."
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he does not walk 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 not have allowed his house to be broken into.
For wasn't Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.
They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong." He is a partner with a destroyer.
For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters.
where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.
Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"
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Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong." He is a partner with a destroyer.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, "Come with us, Let's lie in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. read more.
We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil. You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse." My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path, for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: but these lie in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
"Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his possession, he shall surely be put to death.
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John 12:6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.