39 Bible Verses about thieves
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All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
If a thief shall be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Then were there two thieves crucified with him: one on the right hand, and another on the left.
And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
But know this, that if the master of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken up.
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD 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 remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.
And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
But if he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; 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 have stolen till they had enough? if the grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
Whoever is partner with a thief, hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and discloseth it not.
And with him they crucify two thieves, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
And said to them that sold doves, 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,
Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
The thieves also who were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
If the thief shall not be found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he hath put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, This day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.
And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called by all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
And this know, that if the master of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would watch, and not suffer his house to be broken through.
For was not Israel a derision to thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou hast spoken of him, thou hast leaped for joy.
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb upon the houses; they shall 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.
He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters.
Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on each side one, and Jesus in the midst.
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor to him that fell among the robbers?
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He that 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 the grave; 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: Cast in thy lot among us; let us 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 make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. And they 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; who taketh away the life of its owners.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he shall be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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John 12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put in it.