The act of taking something that does not belong to us is condemned throughout Scripture. In Exodus 20:15 and Leviticus 19:11, God's law explicitly prohibits stealing, emphasizing the importance of respecting others' property. The book of Proverbs warns that ill-gotten gains will ultimately prove worthless, while Exodus 22:7 holds individuals accountable for their actions, requiring restitution for stolen goods. Additionally, Ephesians 4:28 encourages believers to work honestly and give generously, rather than resorting to theft, promoting a lifestyle of integrity and trustworthiness.
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He 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.
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
The 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.”
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
And the LORD said to Moses, “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit— once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found, or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt. Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock. In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’ ”
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.