Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Thief’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Thief’ occurs 25 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 30:33 And my justice will answer on my behalf tomorrow, when the time of settlement arrives before you. And all that is not variegated or blemished or darkened, as much among the sheep as among the goats, these will prove me to be a thief.”Genesis 30:33
Number of the word / term Thief in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 22:2 If a thief will have been discovered breaking into a house, or digging under it, and he has received a mortal wound, he who struck him down will not be guilty of blood.Exodus 22:2
Exodus 22:7 If anyone will have entrusted money, or a container, to his friend to keep, and if these have been stolen from the one who received them: if the thief is found, he shall repay double.Exodus 22:7
Exodus 22:8 If the thief is unknown, the lord of the house will be brought before the heavens to swear that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor,Exodus 22:8
Number of the word / term Thief in Exodus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Job
Job 24:14 The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.Job 24:14
Number of the word / term Thief in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 50:18 If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you have placed your portion with adulterers.Psalm 50:18
Number of the word / term Thief in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 29:24 Whoever participates with a thief hates his own soul; for he listens to his oath and does not denounce him.Proverbs 29:24
Number of the word / term Thief in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 2:26 In the same way that a thief is confounded when he has been apprehended, so the house of Israel has been confounded, they and their kings, their leaders and priests and prophets.Jeremiah 2:26
Number of the word / term Thief in Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 7:1 When I was willing to heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the malice of Samaria, for they had been manufacturing lies. And the thief steals from inside, the robber from outside.Hosea 7:1
Number of the word / term Thief in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Joel
Joel 2:9 They will advance into the city; they will rush through the wall. They will scale the houses; they will go in through the windows, like a thief.Joel 2:9
Number of the word / term Thief in Joel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 5:3 And he said to me, “This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth. For every thief will be judged, just as it has been written there, and everyone who swears by this, will be judged in like manner.”Zechariah 5:3
Zechariah 5:4 I will bring it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will approach to the house of the thief, and to the house of him who swears falsely by my name, and it will remain in the midst of his house and will consume it, with its wood and its stones.Zechariah 5:4
Number of the word / term Thief in Zechariah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 24:43 But know this: if only the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly keep vigil and not permit his house to be broken into.Matthew 24:43
Number of the word / term Thief in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Luke
Luke 12:33 Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure that will not fall short, in heaven, where no thief approaches, and no moth corrupts.Luke 12:33
Luke 12:39 But know this: that if the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly stand watch, and he would not permit his house to be broken into.Luke 12:39
Luke 22:52 Then Jesus said to the leaders of the priests, and the magistrates of the temple, and the elders, who had come to him: “Have you gone out, as if against a thief, with swords and clubs?Luke 22:52
Number of the word / term Thief in Luke: 3
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book John
John 10:1 “Amen, amen, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up by another way, he is a thief and a robber.John 10:1
John 10:10 The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.John 10:10
John 12:6 Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it.John 12:6
Number of the word / term Thief in John: 3
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night.1 Thessalonians 5:2
1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that you would be overtaken by that day as by a thief.1 Thessalonians 5:4
Number of the word / term Thief in 1 Thessalonians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 4:15 But let none of you suffer for being a murderer, or a thief, or a slanderer, or one who covets what belongs to another.1 Peter 4:15
Number of the word / term Thief in 1 Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 3:10 Then the day of the Lord shall arrive like a thief. On that day, the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and truly the elements shall be dissolved with heat; then the earth, and the works that are within it, shall be completely burned up.2 Peter 3:10
Number of the word / term Thief in 2 Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Thief’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 3:3 Therefore, keep in mind the way that you have received and heard, and then observe it and repent. But if you will not be vigilant, I will come to you like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.Revelation 3:3
Revelation 16:15 “Behold, I arrive like a thief. Blessed is he who is vigilant and who preserves his vestment, lest he walk naked and they see his disgrace.”Revelation 16:15
Number of the word / term ‘Thief’ in Revelation: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
