Exodus 20:15

The eighth commandment forbids stealing. God upholds the right to property and honest dealing.

Cross-references · 24

• Rom 13:9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
• Eph 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
• Lev 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
• Lev 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
• Matt 19:18“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
• 1 Cor 6:10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
• Lev 6:1–7And the LORD said to Moses,
• Prov 1:13–15We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
• Prov 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Lev 19:35–37You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
• Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
• Deut 24:7If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
• John 12:6Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
• Zech 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
• Deut 25:13–16You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
• 1 Th 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
• Matt 21:13And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
• Mic 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
• Luke 3:13–14“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.
• Exod 21:16Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
• Matt 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
• Job 20:19–22For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
• Mic 6:10–11Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?

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