Bible Verses About Theft and Thieves

Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.

In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.