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Want to know what the Bible says about Thieves? Here are 206 Bible verses about Thieves from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Jeremiah 2:26 NIV
“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.
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Luke 19:45 NIV
When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
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Exodus 22:13 NIV
If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall bring in the remains as evidence and shall not be required to pay for the torn animal.
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Exodus 22:15 NIV
But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.
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1 Peter 4:15 NIV
If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.
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Exodus 22:10 NIV
“If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,
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1 John 2:4 NIV
Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
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Exodus 22:1 NIV
“Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
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Exodus 22:11 NIV
the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the Lord that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required.
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Exodus 22:4 NIV
If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession —whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.
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Luke 23:43 NIV
Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
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Isaiah 1:23 NIV
Your rulers are rebels,
    partners with thieves;
they all love bribes
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.
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Exodus 22:2-3 NIV
2 “If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; 3 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.
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Proverbs 29:24 NIV
The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
    they are put under oath and dare not testify.
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John 8:44 NIV
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Psalm 119:61 NIV
Though the wicked bind me with ropes,
    I will not forget your law.
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1 Corinthians 6:9 NIV
Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men
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Revelation 3:3 NIV
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.
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Proverbs 6:31 NIV
Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
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