Bible Dictionary: Theft: Brings a Curse on Those Who Commit It

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Hosea 4:2,3
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood.
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Zechariah 5:3,4
Then said he to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that steals shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that swears shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
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Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, said the LORD of hosts.
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Library

A Call to the Unconverted
... here in the crowd to-night with the product of your theft mayhap, you ... may seem to
develop the curse more than others, all sin brings the curse, though we ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/a call to the unconverted.htm

Philosophy Vs. Christianity
... in one word, the intellectual corruption which brings on the ... Thus they were disciplined
by a curse of providence ... God, be induced to believe that theft, or murder ...
/.../chapter v philosophy vs christianity.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, "When Jesus had Finished These Sayings ...
... the houses of children, but the curse of a ... an aptitude for good, and that which brings
the natural ... murder, to punish adultery, to chastise theft; much more to ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxxvii on the words.htm

1 Cor. Iii. 15-Dec
... thou not those men, who for a single theft or a ... is not the word of one denouncing
a curse, but of one ... and delivers him over unto fear, and then brings back his ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily ix 1 cor iii.htm

Little Sins
... on the other side of the earth, but a vast curse. ... if you indulge in some slight sin
which brings you no ... devil has tempted thee to commit the first petty theft. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/little sins.htm

Bardesan.
... distressing to him because accompanied by the curse of conscious ... the brave over the
timid; but Fate brings it to ... too, he that commits a small theft is scourged ...
/.../unknown/the decretals/ancient syriac documents bardesan.htm

Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers.
... and prayer, it leaves, or rather brings this holy ... be put among the number of those
that suffer ... be drawn into fornication, adultery, murder, theft, blasphemy or ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/seasonable counsel or advice to.htm

Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance.
... distinction, they say, is from the curse of the ... Spirit, in exhorting us to repentance,
brings before us ... or commit adultery, refrains not from theft or adultery ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 3 regeneration by faith.htm

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
... a lie is in the offspring of the devil, and since a lie brings the soul to ... as Mr.
Badman, but justly and righteously, giving by his curse, to those that are ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the life and death of.htm

The First Epistle of St. Peter
... Peter brings three motives to bear upon Christian husbands. ... reviling when you are
reviled, but on the contrary blessing (Bless those who curse you,' Luke 6 ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the first epistle of st.htm

Subtopics

Theft

Theft and Thieves by Rachel, of the Household Gods (Teraphim)

Theft and Thieves: Achan

Theft and Thieves: Figurative

Theft and Thieves: General Scriptures Concerning

Theft and Thieves: Judas

Theft and Thieves: Micah

Theft and Thieves: The Spies of Laish

Theft is an Abomination

Theft: Achan

Theft: All Earthly Treasure Exposed To