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Want to know what the Bible says about Thieves? Here are 206 Bible verses about Thieves from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 6:30 NIV
People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
613
Jeremiah 49:9 NIV
If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?
If thieves came during the night,
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
608
Matthew 18:15-17 NIV
15 “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
597
Matthew 15:19 NIV
For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
592
Matthew 22:37-39 NIV
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
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Galatians 5:19-21 NIV
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
590
John 3:18 NIV
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
584
Romans 1:1 NIV
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God
581
Romans 2:21 NIV
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
574
Luke 18:20 NIV
You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’
571

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