Bible Verses About Trustee

"If a person entrusts a neighbor with money or goods, and they are stolen from the trustee's house, then, if the thief is found, he must pay double.

But if the thief is not found, then the trustee must state before God that he did not take the person's goods himself.

In every case of dispute over ownership, whether of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, clothing, or any missing property, where one person says, 'This is mine,' both parties are to come before God; and the one whom God condemns must pay the other one double.

"If a person trusts a neighbor to look after a donkey, ox, sheep or any animal, and it dies, is injured or is driven away unseen,

then the neighbor's oath before ADONAI that he has not taken the goods will settle the matter between them -the owner is to accept it without the neighbor's making restitution.

But if it was stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.

If it was torn to pieces by an animal, the neighbor must bring it as evidence, and then he doesn't need to make good the loss.

"If someone sins and acts perversely against ADONAI by dealing falsely with his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him, by stealing from him, by extorting him,

or by dealing falsely in regard to a lost object he has found, or by swearing to a lie -if a person commits any of these sins,

then, if he sinned and is guilty, he is to restore whatever it was he stole or obtained by extortion, or whatever was deposited with him, or the lost object which he found,

or anything about which he has sworn falsely. He is to restore it in full plus an additional one-fifth; he must return it to the person who owns it, on the day when he presents his guilt offering.

He is to bring as his guilt offering to ADONAI a ram without defect from the flock, or its equivalent according to your appraisal, to the cohen; it is a guilt offering.

Thus the cohen will make atonement for him before ADONAI, and he will be forgiven in regard to whatever it was he did that made him guilty.

"For it will be like a man about to leave home for awhile, who entrusted his possessions to his servants.

To one he gave five talents [equivalent to a hundred years' wages]; to another, two talents; and to another, one talent -- to each according to his ability. Then he left.

The one who had received five talents immediately went out, invested it and earned another five.

Similarly, the one given two earned another two.

But the one given one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

"After a long time, the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.

The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the other five and said, `Sir, you gave me five talents; here, I have made five more.'

His master said to him, `Excellent! You are a good and trustworthy servant. You have been faithful with a small amount, so I will put you in charge of a large amount. Come and join in your master's happiness!'

Also the one who had received two came forward and said, `Sir, you gave me two talents; here, I have made two more.'

His master said to him, `Excellent! you are a good and trustworthy servant. You have been faithful with a small amount, so I will put you in charge of a large amount. Come and join in your master's happiness!'

"Now the one who had received one talent came forward and said, `I knew you were a hard man. You harvest where you didn't plant and gather where you didn't sow seed.

I was afraid, so I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here! Take what belongs to you!'