In the Bible, crime is often depicted as actions that transgress the laws and commandments set forth by God. These transgressions are not only against divine law but also against the moral and social order established within the community of God's people. The Scriptures provide various lists of sinful behaviors and crimes, which serve as warnings and guidelines for righteous living.

Old Testament Lists:

1. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17; Deuteronomy 5:6-21): The Decalogue is perhaps the most well-known list of prohibitions, including crimes such as murder, adultery, theft, and bearing false witness. These commandments form the foundation of moral and legal conduct for the Israelites.

2. Levitical Laws (Leviticus 18-20): These chapters contain numerous laws regarding sexual immorality, idolatry, and other abominations. Specific crimes include incest, bestiality, and child sacrifice, which are condemned as detestable practices.

3. Curses for Disobedience (Deuteronomy 27:15-26): This passage lists various crimes that bring curses upon the perpetrator, such as dishonoring parents, moving a neighbor's boundary stone, and leading the blind astray.

New Testament Lists:

1. Works of the Flesh (Galatians 5:19-21): The Apostle Paul provides a list of sinful behaviors that are contrary to the Spirit, including sexual immorality, impurity, idolatry, hatred, jealousy, and drunkenness. He warns that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

2. Vices to Avoid (1 Corinthians 6:9-10): Paul warns the Corinthians against being deceived, listing crimes such as sexual immorality, idolatry, adultery, theft, greed, drunkenness, and swindling. He emphasizes that those who engage in these acts will not inherit the kingdom of God.

3. Deeds of Darkness (Romans 13:12-14): Believers are urged to cast off the works of darkness, which include orgies, drunkenness, sexual immorality, and quarreling. Instead, they are to put on the armor of light and live honorably.

4. Ungodly Behaviors (2 Timothy 3:1-5): In the last days, people will exhibit behaviors such as selfishness, arrogance, abusiveness, disobedience to parents, and lack of self-control. These are seen as signs of a society turning away from God.

General Observations:

Throughout the Bible, crime is not merely a legal issue but a spiritual one. It reflects a heart turned away from God and His commandments. The lists of crimes serve as a mirror, revealing the sinful nature of humanity and the need for repentance and redemption through faith in Jesus Christ. The Bible consistently calls believers to live in accordance with God's laws, promoting justice, mercy, and humility.Ezekiel 22:8-12,27-30
You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my sabbaths.
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Hosea 4:1,2
Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
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Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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Mark 7:21,22
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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Romans 1:24,29-32
Why God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
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Romans 3:14-18
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
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Romans 13:9
For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortionist; with such an one no not to eat.
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Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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Literature of Church History.
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The Ascension of Isaiah.
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account of Manasseh's crime, but also ... ever occurs in any of the lists it is ...
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The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... On hearing of the crime, Ardys, trembling with anger, convoked the Assembly, and
as his advanced age rendered walking difficult, he ... The lists of Eusebius ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... Tradition attributed the misfortunes of the tribe to the crime of its chief in his
seduction of Bilhah, his father's concubine (Genesis 49:3, 4; cf. xxxv.22). ...
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