39 Bible Verses about thieves
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All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.
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;
Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
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.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
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.
Is this house, which is called by my name, a den of robbers in your eyes? Even I, behold, I have seen it, saith Jehovah.
I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
If thieves had come to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings?
Whoso shareth with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration, and declareth not.
And with him they crucify two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.
When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets --
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.
And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state.
if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the judges, to see if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth.
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
And he taught saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
(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.)
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.
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?
They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.
for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night.
Whoso robbeth his father and his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;
where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on this side, and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.
Which now of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into the hands of the robbers?
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Whoso robbeth his father and his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; read more.
we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse: my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path; for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings. And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall certainly be put to death.
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John 12:6But 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.