Exodus 22:2
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2 If the thief is found (A)breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be (B)no guilt for his bloodshed.
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Matthew 24:43
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43 (A)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what [a]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
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- Matthew 24:43 Lit. watch of the night
Matthew 6:19-20
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Lay Up Treasures in Heaven(A)
19 (B)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 (C)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
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Numbers 35:27
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27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of [a]blood,
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- Numbers 35:27 Murder
1 Thessalonians 5:2
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2 For you yourselves know perfectly that (A)the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
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Joel 2:9
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9 They run to and fro in the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They (A)enter at the windows (B)like a thief.
Hosea 7:1
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Israel Has Rebelled Against God
7 “When I would have healed Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
And the wickedness of Samaria.
For (A)they have committed fraud;
A thief comes in;
A band of robbers [a]takes spoil outside.
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- Hosea 7:1 plunders
Job 30:5
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5 They were driven out from among men,
They shouted at them as at a thief.
Job 24:14
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14 (A)The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.
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