'Thieves' in the Bible
They were banished from the community -- people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves --
Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
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?
whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets.
"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!
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.