Bible topics › Punishment For Stealing

What does the Bible say about punishment for stealing?

10 verses about punishment for stealing, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

6 booksMost in Exodus

Bible verses about punishment for stealing

Leviticus 6:1 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19 votes
Exodus 22:1 — If 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. 18 votes
Exodus 21:16 — And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 13 votes
Proverbs 6:30 — Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 9 votes
Exodus 22:3 — If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 8 votes
Exodus 21:24 — Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 5 votes
Exodus 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal. 4 votes
Micah 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 4 votes
Zechariah 5:4 — I will bring it forth, saith the LORD 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 remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 4 votes
Isaiah 1:1 — The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2 votes