30 Bible Verses About Thieves

“If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed.’ “

“People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving. Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.’ “

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.’ “

“But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.’ “

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.’ “

“But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.’ “

“Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.’ “

“Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’ “

“for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.’ “

““As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the people of Israel are disgraced— they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets. They say to wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’”

““When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.’ “

“Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.’ “

““Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.’ “

““Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.’ “

“So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.’ “

““Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.’ “

“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.’ “

“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.’ “

“Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death.’ “

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.’ “

“In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, ‘Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.’ “

“Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.’ “

“In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.’ “

“nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.’ “

““It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”’ “

“Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.’ “

““It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”’ “

“The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify.’ “

“but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. “Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.’ “

“The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ “