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In the future, whenever you check on these wages of
mine, let my honesty testify against me: any animal in my
possession that is not a speckled or spotted goat, or a dark
sheep, got there by theft!" [Taken from GEN 30:33]
When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob's tents were pitched in the
highlands; Laban also pitched his tents there, on Mount Gilead.
"What do you mean," Laban demanded of Jacob, "by
hoodwinking me and carrying off my daughters like war captives?
Why did you dupe me by stealing away secretly? You should have
told me, and I would have sent you off with merry singing to the
sound of tambourines and harps. You did not even allow me a
parting kiss to my daughters and grandchildren! What you have now
done is a senseless thing. I have it in my power to harm all of
you; but last night the God of your father said to me, 'Take care
not to threaten Jacob with any harm!' Granted that you had to
leave because you were desperately homesick for your father's
house, why did you steal my gods?" "I was
frightened," Jacob replied to Laban, "at the thought
that you might take your daughters away from me by force. But as
for your gods, the one you find them with shall not remain alive!
If, with my kinsmen looking on, you identify anything here as
belonging to you, take it." Jacob, of course, had no idea
that Rachel had stolen the idols. [GEN 31:25-32]
Then Joseph gave his head steward these instructions:
"Fill the men's bags with as much food as they can carry, and
put each man's money in the mouth of his bag. In the mouth of the
youngest one's bag put also my silver goblet, together with the
money for his rations." The steward carried out Joseph's
instructions. At daybreak the men and their donkeys were sent off.
They had not gone far out of the city when Joseph said to his head
steward: "Go at once after the men! When you overtake them,
say to them, 'Why did you repay good with evil? Why did you steal
the silver goblet from me? It is the very one from which my master
drinks and which he uses for divination. What you have done is
wrong.'" When the steward overtook them and repeated these
words to them, they remonstrated with him: "How can my lord
say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money that
we found in the mouths of our bags. Why, then, would we steal
silver or gold from your master's house? If any of your servants
is found to have the goblet, he shall die, and as for the rest of
us, we shall become my lord's slaves." But he replied,
"Even though it ought to be as you propose, only the one who
is found to have it shall become my slave, and the rest of you
shall be exonerated." [GEN 44:1-10]
"You shall not steal." [EX 20:15]
"When a man gives money or an article to another for
safekeeping and it is stolen from the latter's house, the thief,
if caught, must make twofold restitution." [EX 22:6]
The LORD said to Moses, "If someone commits a sin of
dishonesty against the LORD by denying his neighbor a deposit or a
pledge for a stolen article, or by otherwise retaining his
neighbor's goods unjustly, or if, having found a lost article, he
denies the fact and swears falsely about it with any of the sinful
oaths that men make in such cases, he shall therefore, since he
has incurred guilt by his sin, restore the thing that was stolen
or unjustly retained by him or the deposit left with him or the
lost article he found or whatever else he swore falsely about; on
the day of his guilt offering he shall make full restitution of
the thing itself, and in addition, give the owner one fifth of its
value." [Taken from LEV 5:20-24]
"You shall not steal. You shall not lie or speak falsely
to one another." [LEV 19:11]
'You shall not steal.' [DEUT 5:19]
Moreover, Absalom used to rise early and stand alongside the
road leading to the gate. If someone had a lawsuit to be decided
by the king, Absalom would call to him and say, "From what
city are you?" And when he replied, "Your servant is of
such and such a tribe of Israel," Absalom would say to him,
"Your suit is good and just, but there is no one to hear you
in the king's name." And he would continue: "If only I
could be appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a
lawsuit to be decided might come to me and I would render him
justice." Whenever a man approached him to show homage, he
would extend his hand, hold him, and kiss him. By behaving in this
way toward all the Israelites who came to the king for judgment,
Absalom was stealing away the loyalties of the men of Israel. [2SAM
15:2-6]
Finally the king crossed over to Gilgal, accompanied by Chimham.
All the people of Judah and half of the people of Israel had
escorted the king across. But all these Israelites began coming to
the king and saying, "Why did our brothers the Judahites
steal you away and escort the king and his household across the
Jordan, along with all David's men?" All the Judahites
replied to the men of Israel: "Because the king is our
relative. Why are you angry over this affair? Have we had anything
to eat at the king's expense? Or have portions from his table been
given to us?" The Israelites answered the Judahites: "We
have ten shares in the king. Also, we are the first-born rather
than you. Why do you slight us? Were we not first to speak of
restoring the king?" Then the Judahites in turn spoke even more fiercely than the Israelites.
[2SAM 19:41-44]
While these things were taking place, the people of Tarsus and
Mallus rose in revolt, because their cities had been given as a
gift to Antiochis, the king's mistress. The king, therefore, went
off in haste to settle the affair, leaving Andronicus, one of his
nobles, as his deputy. Then Menelaus, thinking this a good
opportunity, stole some gold vessels from the temple and presented
them to Andronicus; he had already sold some other vessels in Tyre
and in the neighboring cities. When Onias had clear evidence of
the facts, he made a public protest, after withdrawing to the
inviolable sanctuary at Daphne, near Antioch. Thereupon Menelaus
approached Andronicus privately and asked him to lay hands on
Onias. So Andronicus went to Onias, and by treacherously
reassuring him through sworn pledges with right hands joined,
persuaded him, in spite of his suspicions, to leave the sanctuary.
Then, without any regard for justice, he immediately put him to
death. As a result, not only the Jews, but many people of other
nations as well, were indignant and angry over the unjust murder of the man.
[2MACC 4:30-35]
Many sacrilegious thefts had been committed by Lysimachus in
the city with the connivance of Menelaus. When word was spread
that a large number of gold vessels had been stolen, the people
assembled in protest against Lysimachus. As the crowds, now
thoroughly enraged, began to riot, Lysimachus launched an
unjustified attack against them with about three thousand armed
men under the leadership of Auranus, a man as advanced in folly as
he was in years. [2MACC 4:39-40]
The poison of asps he shall drink in; the viper's fangs shall
slay him. He shall see no streams of oil, no torrents of honey or
milk. Restoring his gains, he shall not enjoy them; though his
wealth increases, he shall not rejoice. Because he has oppressed
the poor, and stolen a patrimony he had not built up, Therefore
his prosperity shall not endure, and his hands shall yield up his
riches. Though he has known no quiet in his greed, his treasures
shall not save him. When he abounds to overflowing, he shall be
brought into straits, and nought shall be left of his goods. God
shall send against him the fury of his wrath and rain down his
missiles of war upon him. [Taken from JOB 20:16-23]
When there is no light the murderer rises, to kill the poor and
needy. The eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight; he says,
"No eye will see me." In the night the thief roams
about, and he puts a mask over his face; in the dark he breaks
into houses. By day they shut themselves in; none of them know the
light, for daylight they regard as darkness. Their portion in the
land is accursed, and wickedness is splintered like wood. [JOB
24:14-20]
In want and hunger was their lot, they who fled to the parched
wastelands: They plucked saltwort and shrubs; the roots of the
broom plant were their food. They were banished from among men,
with an outcry like that against a thief - to dwell on the slopes
of the wadies, in caves of sand and stone; Among the bushes they
raised their raucous cry; under the nettles they huddled together.
Irresponsible, nameless men, they were driven out of the land. Yet
now they sing of me in mockery; I am become a byword among them.
[JOB 30:3-9]
But to the wicked God says: "Why do you recite my
commandments and profess my covenant with your lips? You hate
discipline; you cast my words behind you! When you see thieves,
you befriend them; with adulterers you throw in your lot. You give
your mouth free rein for evil; you harness your tongue to deceit.
You sit maligning your own kin, slandering the child of your own
mother. When you do these things should I be silent? Or do you
think that I am like you? I accuse you, I lay the charge before
you." [Taken from PS 50:16-21]
I am weary with crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes have
failed, looking for my God. More numerous than the hairs of my
head are those who hate me without cause. Too many for my strength
are my treacherous enemies. Must I now restore what I did not
steal? [PS 69:4-5]
The path of the wicked enter not, walk not on the way of evil
men; Shun it, cross it not, turn aside from it, and pass on. For
they cannot rest unless they have done evil; to have made no one
stumble steals away their sleep. [PROV 4:14-16]
Men despise not the thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite
when he is hungry; Yet if he be caught he must pay back sevenfold;
all the wealth of his house he may yield up. But he who commits
adultery is a fool; he who would destroy himself does it. [PROV
6:30-32]
The woman Folly is fickle, she is inane, and knows nothing. She
sits at the door of her house upon a seat on the city heights, calling to passers-by as they go on their straight way: "Let
whoever is simple turn in here, or who lacks understanding; for to
him I say, stolen water is sweet, and bread gotten secretly is
pleasing!" Little he knows that the shades are there, that in
the depths of the nether world are her guests! [PROV 9:13-18]
The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy: he hears himself
put under a curse, yet discloses nothing. [PROV 29:24]
Two things I ask of you, deny them not to me before I die: Put
falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither poverty nor
riches; (provide me only with the food I need;) Lest, being full,
I deny you, saying, "Who is the LORD?" Or, being in
want, I steal, and profane the name of my God. [PROV 30:7-9]
They no longer safeguard either lives or pure wedlock; but each
either waylays and kills his neighbor, or aggrieves him by
adultery. And all is confusion-blood and murder, theft and guile,
corruption, faithlessness, turmoil, perjury, Disturbance of good
men, neglect of gratitude, besmirching of souls, unnatural lust,
disorder in marriage, adultery and shamelessness. For the worship
of infamous idols is the reason and source and extremity of all evil.
[WISDOM 14:24-27]
Be not called a detractor; use not your tongue for calumny; For shame has been created for the thief, and the reproach of his neighbor for the double-tongued.
[SIRACH 5:16-17]
Better a thief than an inveterate liar, yet both will suffer disgrace; A liar's way leads to dishonor, his shame remains ever with him.
[SIRACH 20:24-25]
My children, heed my instruction about shame; judge of disgrace
only according to my rules, For it is not always well to be
ashamed, nor is it always the proper thing to blush: Before father
and mother be ashamed of immorality, before master and mistress,
of falsehood; Before prince and ruler, of flattery; before the
public assembly, of crime; Before friend and companion, of
disloyalty, and of breaking an oath or agreement. Be ashamed of
theft from the people where you settle, and of stretching out your
elbow when you dine; Of refusing to give when asked, of defrauding
another of his appointed share; Of failing to return a greeting,
and of rebuffing a friend; Of gazing at a married woman, and of
entertaining thoughts about another's wife; Of trifling with a
servant girl you have, and of violating her couch; Of using harsh
words with friends, and of following up your gifts with insults;
Of repeating what you hear, and of betraying secrets - these are
the things you should rightly avoid as shameful if you would be
looked upon by everyone with favor. [SIRACH 41:14-24]
Your princes are rebels and comrades of thieves; Each one of
them loves a bribe and looks for gifts. The fatherless they defend
not, and the widow's plea does not reach them. Now, therefore,
says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah! I
will take vengeance on my foes and fully repay my enemies! [Taken
from ISA 1:23-24]
As the thief is shamed when caught, so shall the house of
Israel be shamed: They, their kings and their princes, their
priests and their prophets; They who say to a piece of wood,
"You are my father," and to a stone, "You gave me
birth." They turn to me their backs, not their faces; yet, in
their time of trouble they cry out, "Rise up and save
us!" Where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them
rise up! Will they save you in your time of trouble? For as
numerous as your cities are your gods, O Judah! And as many as the
streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up for Baal. How
dare you still plead with me? You have all rebelled against me,
says the LORD. [JER 2:26-29]
Are you to steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn
incense to Baal, go after strange gods that you know not, and yet
come to stand before me in this house which bears my name, and
say: "We are safe; we can commit all these abominations
again"? Has this house which bears my name become in your
eyes a den of thieves? I too see what is being done, says the LORD.
[JER 7:9-11]
Am I a God near at hand only, says the LORD, and not a God far
off? Can a man hide in secret without my seeing him? says the
LORD. Do I not fill both heaven and earth? says the LORD. I have
heard the prophets who prophesy lies in my name say, "I had a
dream! I had a dream!" How long will this continue? Is my
name in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies and their own
deceitful fancies? By their dreams which they recount to each
other, they think to make my people forget my name, just as their
fathers forgot my name for Baal. Let the prophet who has a dream
recount his dream; let him who has my word speak my word
truthfully! What has straw to do with the wheat? says the LORD. Is
not my word like fire, says the LORD, like a hammer shattering
rocks? Therefore I am against the prophets, says the LORD, who
steal my words from each other. Yes, I am against the prophets,
says the LORD, who borrow speeches to pronounce oracles. Yes, I am
against the prophets who prophesy lying dreams, says the LORD, and
who lead my people astray by recounting their lies and by their
empty boasting. From me they have no mission or command, and they
do this people no good at all, says the LORD. [JER 23:23-32]
Moab's strength is broken, his might is shattered, says the
LORD. Because he boasted against the LORD, make Moab drunk so that
he retches and vomits, and he too becomes a laughingstock. Is
Israel a laughingstock to you? Was she caught among thieves, that
you shake your head whenever you speak of her? Leave the cities,
dwell in the crags, you that dwell in Moab. [Taken from JER 48:25-28]
If vintagers came upon you, they would leave no gleanings; If
thieves by night, they would destroy as they pleased. [Taken from
JER 49:9]
How then can it be admitted or thought that they are gods? They are safe from neither thieves nor bandits, these wooden and silvered and gilded gods; those who seize them strip off the gold and the silver, and go away with the clothing that was on them, and they cannot help themselves.
[BARUCH 6:56-57]
But if he begets a son who is a thief, a murderer, or who does
any of these things (though the father does none of them), a son
who eats on the mountains, defiles the wife of his neighbor,
oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not give back
a pledge, raises his eyes to idols, does abominable things, lends
at interest and exacts usury - this son certainly shall not live.
Because he practiced all these abominations, he shall surely die;
his death shall be his own fault. [Taken from EZEK 18:10-13]
Though I say to the virtuous man that he shall surely live, if
he then presumes on his virtue and does wrong, none of his
virtuous deeds shall be remembered; because of the wrong he has
done, he shall die. And though I say to the wicked man that he
shall surely die, if he turns away from his sin and does what is
right and just, giving back pledges, restoring stolen goods,
living by the statutes that bring life, and doing no wrong, he
shall surely live, he shall not die. None of the sins he committed
shall be held against him; he has done what is right and just, he
shall surely live. [EZEK 33:13-16]
Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel, for the LORD has a grievance against the inhabitants of the land:
There is no fidelity, no mercy, no knowledge of God in the land. False swearing, lying, murder,
stealing and adultery!
In their lawlessness, bloodshed follows bloodshed. [Taken from
HOSEA 4:1-2]
When I would bring about the restoration of my people, when I
would heal Israel, The guilt of Ephraim stands out, the wickedness
of Samaria; They practice falsehood, thieves break in, bandits
plunder abroad. Yet they do not remind themselves that I remember
all their wickedness. Even now their crimes surround them, present
to my sight. [HOSEA 7:1-2]
Like warriors they run, like soldiers they scale the wall; They
advance, each in his own lane, without swerving from their paths.
No one crowds another, each advances in his own track; Though they
fall into the ditches, they are not checked. They assault the
city, they run upon the wall, they climb into the houses; In at
the windows they come like thieves. Before them the earth
trembles, the heavens shake; The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withhold their brightness. [Taken from JOEL 2:7-10]
See, I make you small among the nations; you are held in dire
contempt. The pride of your heart has deceived you: you who dwell
in the clefts of the rock, whose abode is in the heights, who say
in your heart, "Who will bring me down to earth?" Though
you go as high as the eagle, and your nest be set among the stars,
from there will I bring you down, says the LORD. If thieves came
to you, if robbers by night, how could you be thus destroyed:
would they not steal merely till they had enough? If vintagers
came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? How they search
Esau, seek out his hiding places! To the border they drive you - all your allies; They deceive you, they overpower
you - those at
peace with you; Those who eat your bread lay snares beneath you:
There is no understanding in him! Shall I not, says the LORD, on
that day make the wise men disappear from Edom, and understanding
from the mount of Esau? Your warriors, O Teman, shall be crushed,
till all on Mount Esau are destroyed. [OBAD 1:2-9]
Then I raised my eyes again and saw a scroll flying. "What
do you see?" he asked me. I answered, "I see a scroll
flying; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide." Then
he said to me: "This is the curse which is to go forth over
the whole earth; in accordance with it shall every thief be swept
away, and in accordance with it shall every perjurer be expelled
from here. I will send it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it
shall come into the house of the thief, or into the house of him
who perjures himself with my name; it shall lodge within his
house, consuming it, timber and stones." [ZECH 5:1-4]
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be."
[MT 6:19-21]
Then they brought to him a demoniac who was blind and mute. He
cured the mute person so that he could speak and see. All the
crowd was astounded, and said, "Could this perhaps be the Son
of David?" But when the Pharisees heard this, they said,
"This man drives out demons only by the power of Beelzebul,
the prince of demons." But he knew what they were thinking
and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will
be laid waste, and no town or house divided against itself will
stand. And if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against
himself; how, then, will his kingdom stand? And if I drive out
demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out?
Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of
God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon
you. How can anyone enter a strong man's house and steal his
property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can
plunder his house. Whoever is not with me is against me, and
whoever does not gather with me scatters. Therefore, I say to you,
every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but blasphemy
against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever speaks a word
against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks
against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age
or in the age to come." [MT 12:22-32]
"Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the
path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without
understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was
sown in his heart. The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who
hears the word and receives it at once with joy. But he has no
root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or
persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away.
The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then
worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears
no fruit. But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the
word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a
hundred or sixty or thirtyfold." [MT 13:18-23]
He summoned the crowd and said to them, "Hear and
understand. It is not what enters one's mouth that defiles that
person; but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one."
Then his disciples approached and said to him, "Do you know
that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you
said?" He said in reply, "Every plant that my heavenly
Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are
blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind
person, both will fall into a pit." Then Peter said to him in
reply, "Explain (this) parable to us." He said to them,
"Are even you still without understanding? Do you not realize
that everything that enters the mouth passes into the stomach and
is expelled into the latrine? But the things that come out of the
mouth come from the heart, and they defile. For from the heart
come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false
witness, blasphemy. These are what defile a person, but to eat
with unwashed hands does not defile." [MT 15:10-20]
Now someone approached him and said, "Teacher, what good
must I do to gain eternal life?" He answered him, "Why
do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If
you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." He asked
him, "Which ones?" And Jesus replied, "'You shall
not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you
shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother';
and 'you shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" The young
man said to him, "All of these I have observed. What do I
still lack?" Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be
perfect, go, sell what you have and give to (the) poor, and you
will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." When the
young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many
possessions. Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Amen, I say
to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom
of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the
kingdom of God." [Taken from MT 19:16-24]
Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those engaged
in selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money
changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And he
said to them, "It is written: 'My house shall be a house of
prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves." [MT 21:12-13]
Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your
Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had
known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have
stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you
also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son
of Man will come. [MT 24:42-44]
The next day, the one following the day of preparation, the
chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said,
"Sir, we remember that this impostor while still alive said,
'After three days I will be raised up.' Give orders, then, that
the grave be secured until the third day, lest his disciples come
and steal him and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the
dead.' This last imposture would be worse than the first."
Pilate said to them, "The guard is yours; go secure it as
best you can." So they went and secured the tomb by fixing a
seal to the stone and setting the guard. [MT 27:62-66]
While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and
told the chief priests all that had happened. They assembled with
the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money
to the soldiers, telling them, "You are to say, 'His
disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.' And
if this gets to the ears of the governor, we will satisfy (him)
and keep you out of trouble." The soldiers took the money and
did as they were instructed. And this story has circulated among
the Jews to the present (day). [MT 28:11-15]
When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned
him about the parable. He said to them, "Are even you
likewise without understanding? Do you not realize that everything
that goes into a person from outside cannot defile, since it
enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the
latrine?"... "But what comes out of a person, that is
what defiles. From within people, from their hearts, come evil
thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice,
deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All
these evils come from within and they defile." [Taken from MK
7:17-23]
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down
before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to
inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you
call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the
commandments: 'You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery;
you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall
not defraud; honor your father and your mother.'" He replied
and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from
my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him,
"You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and
give to (the) poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then
come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and he
went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around
and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have
wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" [MK 10:17-23]
They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he
began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned
the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were
selling doves. He did not permit anyone to carry anything through
the temple area. Then he taught them saying, "Is it not
written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all
peoples'? But you have made it a den of thieves." The chief
priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way
to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd
was astonished at his teaching. [MK 11:15-18]
Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves
that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
[LK 12:33-34]
Be
sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when
the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken
into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,
the Son of Man will come." [LK 12:39-40]
An official asked him this question, "Good teacher, what
must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him,
"Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You
know the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery; you shall
not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness;
honor your father and your mother.'" And he replied,
"All of these I have observed from my youth." When Jesus
heard this he said to him, "There is still one thing left for
you: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you
will have a treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." But
when he heard this he became quite sad, for he was very rich.
Jesus looked at him (now sad) and said, "How hard it is for
those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is
easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a
rich person to enter the kingdom of God." [LK 18:18-25]
Then Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.'"
[LK 19:45-46]
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a
sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief
and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd
of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear
his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and
the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. But they
will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because
they do not recognize the voice of strangers." Although Jesus
used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was
trying to tell them. So Jesus said again, "Amen, amen, I say
to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came (before me) are
thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am
the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come
in and go out and find pasture." [Taken from JN 10:1-9]
Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus
was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for
him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those
reclining at table with him. Mary took a liter of costly perfumed
oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus
and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the
fragrance of the oil. Then Judas the Iscariot, one (of) his
disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, "Why was
this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages and given to the
poor?" He said this not because he cared about the poor but
because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal
the contributions. So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her
keep this for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with
you, but you do not always have me." [JN 12:1-8]
Now if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of
God and know his will and are able to discern what is important
since you are instructed from the law, and if you are confident
that you are a guide for the blind and a light for those in
darkness, that you are a trainer of the foolish and teacher of the
simple, because in the law you have the formulation of knowledge
and truth - then you who teach another, are you failing to teach
yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who
forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do
you rob temples? You who boast of the law, do you dishonor God by
breaking the law? [Taken from ROM 2:17-23]
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one
who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments,
"You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall
not steal; you shall not covet," and whatever other
commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, (namely)
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no
evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law. [ROM
13:8-10]
Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of
God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor
adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals nor
thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers
will inherit the kingdom of God. That is what some of you used to
be; but now you have had yourselves washed, you were sanctified,
you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the
Spirit of our God. [Taken from 1COR 6:9-11]
The thief must no longer steal, but rather labor, doing honest
work with his (own) hands, so that he may have something to share
with one in need. [EPH 4:28]
Concerning times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for
anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well
that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. When
people are saying, "Peace and security," then sudden
disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman,
and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in
darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. For all of
you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not
of the night or of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as the
rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. Those who sleep go to
sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But
since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the
breastplate of faith and love and the helmet that is hope for
salvation. For God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain
salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that
whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with him.
Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as
indeed you do. [1THES 5:1-11]
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed
are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But
let no one among you be made to suffer as a murderer, a thief, an
evildoer, or as an intriguer. But whoever is made to suffer as a
Christian should not be ashamed but glorify God because of the
name. [1PT 4:14-16]
Know this first of all, that in the last days scoffers will
come (to) scoff, living according to their own desires and saying,
"Where is the promise of his coming? From the time when our
ancestors fell asleep, everything has remained as it was from the
beginning of creation." They deliberately ignore the fact
that the heavens existed of old and earth was formed out of water
and through water by the word of God; through these the world that
then existed was destroyed, deluged with water. The present
heavens and earth have been reserved by the same word for fire,
kept for the day of judgment and of destruction of the godless.
But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one
day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard
"delay," but he is patient with you, not wishing that
any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the
day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will
pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by
fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out. [2PT
3:3-10]
"To the angel of the church in Sardis, write this: 'The one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says
this: "I know your works, that you have the reputation of
being alive, but you are dead. Be watchful and strengthen what is
left, which is going to die, for I have not found your works
complete in the sight of my God. Remember then how you accepted
and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not watchful, I will
come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will
come upon you. However, you have a few people in Sardis who have
not soiled their garments; they will walk with me dressed in
white, because they are worthy. The victor will thus
be dressed in white, and I will never erase his name from the book
of life but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father
and of his angels.'" Whoever has ears ought to hear
what the Spirit says to the churches." [RV 3:1-6]
"Behold, I am coming like a thief." Blessed is the
one who watches and keeps his clothes ready, so that he may not go
naked and people see him exposed. [Taken from RV 16:15]
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