Exodus 20:15

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

Cross-references · 24

• Rom 13:9For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
• Eph 4:28Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
• Lev 19:11“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
• Lev 19:13“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
• Matt 19:18He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’
• 1 Cor 6:10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
• Lev 6:1–7Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
• Prov 1:13–15We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
• Prov 11:1A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
• Lev 19:35–37“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
• Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
• Deut 24:7If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him; then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
• John 12:6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
• Zech 5:3–4Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.
• Deut 25:13–16You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
• 1 Th 4:6that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
• Matt 21:13He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
• Amos 3:10“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
• Mic 7:3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
• Luke 3:13–14He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”
• Exod 21:16“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
• Matt 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
• Job 20:19–22For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
• Mic 6:10–11Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

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