18 occurrences in 12 translations

'Robber' in the Bible

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Verse ConceptsHarvestNot Reaping What You SowOvercoming Obstacles

Dreadful sounds fill his ears;when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.

Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyFear Is Due

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

Verse ConceptsHeels

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

Verse ConceptsSecret Sinsthieves

and your poverty will come like a robber,your need, like a bandit.

Verse ConceptsBanditsAvoiding Poverty

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robberand increases those among men who are unfaithful.

Verse ConceptsAmbushUnfaithful

He who robs his father or his motherAnd says, “This is no sin,”Is [not only a thief but also] the companion of a man who destroys.

Verse ConceptsChildren, UngratefulNo SinmomsDadsMothers And SonsParents Being Wrongthievescheaters

Who gave Jacob to the robber,and Israel to the plunderers?Was it not the Lord?Have we not sinned against Him?They were not willing to walk in His ways,and they would not listen to His instruction.

Verse ConceptsSelf Will

If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

Verse ConceptsPursuing Violence

But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Verse ConceptsMan Keeping WatchParables Of ChristWithheld KnowledgeKnowingThe Time UnknownThe Lord As A Thiefthieves

In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, 'As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

Verse ConceptsCrowdsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveSitting To TeachChrist TeachingArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

And Jesus answering said to them, 'As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!

Verse ConceptsCrowdsBanditsArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Verse ConceptsWhen?The Lord As A Thiefthieves

And Jesus said to those having come upon him -- chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders -- 'As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsClubsThe Lord As A Thief

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Church LeaderShepherds, As OccupationsStealingChrist, Names ForSheepfoldsChrist Telling The TruthTruly Trulythievesjumping

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

Verse ConceptsBarabbasDenying ChristActual Thieves

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Robber (18 instances)

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