Nave’s Topical Bible
Theft and Thieves
44 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- General scriptures concerning
Exodus 20:15; Exodus 21:16; Exodus 22:1-4,10-15; Leviticus 6:2-7; Leviticus 19:11,13; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 23:24-25; Psalms 50:18; Psalms 62:10; Psalms 119:61; Proverbs 6:30-31; Proverbs 21:7; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 7:9-10; Ezekiel 22:29; Hosea 4:1-2; Nahum 3:1; Zechariah 5:3; Matthew 6:19-20; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 19:18; Matthew 21:13; Matthew 27:38,44; Mark 7:21-22; Mark 11:17; Mark 15:27; Luke 18:20; Luke 19:45-46; John 10:1; Romans 2:21; Romans 13:9; 1 Corinthians 6:8,10; Ephesians 4:28; Titus 2:10; 1 Peter 4:15; Revelation 3:3; Revelation 9:21
See DISHONESTY
- FIGURATIVE
- INSTANCES OF
- By Rachel, of the household gods (teraphim)
- Achan
- Micah
- The spies of Laish
- Judas
Bible verses about “Theft and Thieves”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Exodus 20:15Thou shalt not steal.
- Exodus 21:16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 22:1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 22:2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
- Exodus 22:3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
- Exodus 22:4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
- Exodus 22:10If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
- Exodus 22:11Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
- Exodus 22:12And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
- Exodus 22:13If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
- Exodus 22:14And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
- Exodus 22:15But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
- Leviticus 6:2If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
- Leviticus 6:3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
- Leviticus 6:4Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
- Leviticus 6:5Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
- Leviticus 6:6And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
- Leviticus 6:7And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
- Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
- Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- Deuteronomy 5:19Neither shalt thou steal.
- Deuteronomy 23:24When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
- Deuteronomy 23:25When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
- Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
- Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
- Psalms 119:61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
- Proverbs 6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
- Proverbs 6:31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
- Proverbs 21:7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
- Isaiah 61:8For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Jeremiah 2:26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
- Jeremiah 7:9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
- Jeremiah 7:10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
- Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
- Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
- Hosea 4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- Nahum 3:1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
- Zechariah 5:3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
- Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: