'Thief' in the Bible
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be dug through into.
Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, he is a thief and a robber;
The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.
But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.
for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief:
Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep it and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I shall come upon thee.
(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, and that they may not see his shame.)