Theft and Thieves

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Zechariah 5:3 OT

  Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the…

• Matthew 6:19 NT

  “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

• Matthew 6:20 NT

  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

• Matthew 15:19 NT

  For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

• Matthew 19:18 NT

  He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

• Matthew 21:13 NT

  He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”

• Matthew 27:38 NT

  Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.

• Matthew 27:44 NT

  The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

• Mark 7:21 NT

  For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

• Mark 7:22 NT

  covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

• Mark 11:17 NT

  He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ But you have made it a den of robbers!”

• Mark 15:27 NT

  With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

• Luke 18:20 NT

  You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”

• Luke 19:45 NT

  He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,

• Luke 19:46 NT

  saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”

• John 10:1 NT

  “Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

• Romans 2:21 NT

  You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?

• Romans 13:9 NT

  For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor…

• 1 Corinthians 6:8 NT

  No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers.

• 1 Corinthians 6:10 NT

  nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

• Ephesians 4:28 NT

  Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

• Titus 2:10 NT

  not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.

• 1 Peter 4:15 NT

  For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

• Revelation 3:3 NT

  Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.