'Steal' in the Bible
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal gold and silver from your master’s house?
“You must not steal. You must not act deceptively or lie to one another.
The wicked displace boundary markers.They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
Those who hate me without causeare more numerous than the hairs of my head;my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,are powerful.Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Otherwise, I might have too muchand deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”or I might have nothing and steal,profaning the name of my God.
“Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?
Therefore, take note! I am against the prophets”—the Lord’s declaration—“who steal My words from each other.
If thieves came to you,if marauders by night—how ravaged you would be!—wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?If grape pickers came to you,wouldn’t they leave some grapes?
“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.
How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can rob his house.
“Which ones?” he asked Him. Jesus answered:Do not murder;do not commit adultery;do not steal;do not bear false witness;
Therefore give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come, steal Him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead.’ Then the last deception will be worse than the first.”
You know the commandments:Do not murder;do not commit adultery;do not steal;do not bear false witness;do not defraud;honor your father and mother.”
You know the commandments:Do not commit adultery;do not murder;do not steal;do not bear false witness;honor your father and mother.”
A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.
He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
you then, who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach, “You must not steal”—do you steal?
The commandments:Do not commit adultery;do not murder;do not steal;do not covet;and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.
The thief must no longer steal. Instead, he must do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.