Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
- BSB You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- ESV “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.
- NKJV ‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
- NASB ‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
- NLT “Do not steal. “Do not deceive or cheat one another.
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Quick answer
Israel must not steal, lie, or deceive one another.
Overview
This verse gathers several commands protecting honesty and property within the community, echoing the eighth and ninth commandments. Truthfulness and integrity are essential to a holy people. These commands reflect the character of the God of truth and form the foundation of trust in any righteous society.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 101:7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
- Exod 20:15Thou shalt not steal.
- Eph 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
- Col 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
- Zech 5:3–4Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
- Rom 3:4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
- Jer 9:3–5And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
- Deut 5:19Neither shalt thou steal.
- Zech 8:16–17These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
- Lev 6:2–3If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
- Eph 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
- Acts 5:3–4But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Jer 7:9–11Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
- Exod 20:17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
- 1 Tim 1:10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
- Exod 22:7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
- 1 Cor 6:8–10Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
- Ps 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
- Rev 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Exod 22:1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exod 22:10–12If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
- Jer 6:13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
- 1 Kgs 13:18He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
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