39 Bible Verses about thieves

All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

"If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

Then two outlaws 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 are turning it into a den of robbers!"

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord.

"I will send it out," says the Lord who rules over all, "and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones."

Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

"If thieves came to rob you during the night, they would steal only as much as they wanted! If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, they would leave some behind for the poor! But you will be totally destroyed!

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.

When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.

People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor's goods.

And Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?

They rush into the city; they scale its walls. They climb up into the houses; they go in through the windows like a thief.

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

The one who robs his father and mother and says, "There is no transgression," is a companion to the one who destroys.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.

There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?"