'Bandits' in the Bible
"Bandits will raid Gad, but Gad will raid them back."
The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting bandits in the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it.
He gathered men around him and he became the commander of bandits. When David killed [some of] them, they went to Damascus and settled {there}, and they reigned in Damascus.
On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way.
Has this house that is called by my name become a hideout for bandits in your eyes? Look, I'm watching," declares the LORD.
Like bandits lying in wait, [so is] a band of priests; they murder [on the] road to Shechem; indeed, they commit a monstrous crime.
When I would heal Israel,The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,And the evil deeds of Samaria,For they deal falsely;The thief enters in,Bandits raid outside,
He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"
At that time two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.
In a similar way, the bandits who were being crucified with him kept insulting him.
Then he began to teach them: "It is written, is it not, "My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you've turned it into a hideout for bandits!"
They crucified two bandits with him, one on his right and the other on his left.
After careful consideration, Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of bandits. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
"Of these three men, who do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the bandits?"
He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a hideout for bandits!"
All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
many times on journeys, [exposed to] danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own countrymen, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger on the sea, danger among those posing as believers;