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Exodus 20

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Ex. 21:16• 16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall certainly be put to death. (Ex. 21:16)
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Lev. 6:1‑7• 1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2If any one sin and act unfaithfully against Jehovah, and lie to his neighbour as to an entrusted thing or a deposit or that in which he hath robbed or wronged his neighbour,
3or have found what was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely in anything of all that man doeth, sinning therein;
4then it shall be, if he hath sinned and transgressed, that he shall restore what he robbed or that in which he hath defrauded, or the deposit, or the lost thing which he found,
5or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; and he shall restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto; to him to whom it belongeth shall he give it, on the day of his trespass-offering.
6And his trespass-offering shall he bring to Jehovah, a ram without blemish out of the small cattle according to thy valuation, as a trespass-offering, unto the priest.
7And the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah, and it shall be forgiven him concerning anything of all that he hath done so as to trespass therein.
(Lev. 6:1‑7)
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Lev. 19:11,13,35‑37• 11Ye shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another.
13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, neither rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:
36just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
(Lev. 19:11,13,35‑37)
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Deut. 24:7• 7If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. (Deut. 24:7)
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Deut. 25:13‑16• 13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
14Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.
15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
16For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
(Deut. 25:13‑16)
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Job 20:19‑22• 19For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
20Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
21Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
(Job 20:19‑22)
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Prov. 1:13‑15• 13we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
15--my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
(Prov. 1:13‑15)
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Prov. 11:1• 1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight. (Prov. 11:1)
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Amos 3:10• 10and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces. (Amos 3:10)
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Amos 8:4‑6• 4Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.
(Amos 8:4‑6)
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Mic. 6:10‑11• 10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?
11Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
(Mic. 6:10‑11)
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Mic. 7:3• 3Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. (Mic. 7:3)
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Zech. 5:3‑4• 3And he said unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off according to it on this side; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it on that side.
4I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
(Zech. 5:3‑4)
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Matt. 15:19• 19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies; (Matt. 15:19)
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Matt. 19:18• 18He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, (Matt. 19:18)
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Matt. 21:13• 13And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers. (Matt. 21:13)
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Luke 3:13‑14• 13And he said to them, Take no more money than what is appointed to you.
14And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.
(Luke 3:13‑14)
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John 12:6• 6But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it. (John 12:6)
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1 Cor. 6:10• 10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)
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Eph. 4:28• 28Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need. (Eph. 4:28)
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1 Thess. 4:6• 6not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified. (1 Thess. 4:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not steal.