Bible Verses About Theft and Thieves

the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer--but ye made it a den of robbers.'

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

but ye--ye do injustice, and ye defraud, and these--brethren!

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.

for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

yea they did not reform from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their whoredoms, nor from their thefts.