THEFT

- Is an abomination Jer 7:9,10 - Forbidden Ex 20:15; Mr 10:19; Ro 13:9 - From the poor specially forbidden Pr 22:2 - Includes fraud in general Le 19:13 - Includes fraud concerning wages Le 19:13; Mal 3:5; Jas 5:4 - Proceeds from the heart Mt 15:19 - Defiles a man Mt 15:20 - THE WICKED . Addicted to Ps 119:61 . Store up the fruits of Am 3:10 . Lie in wait to commit Ho 6:9 . Commit, under shelter of the night Job 24:14; Ob 1:5 . Consent to show who commit Ps 50:18 . Associate with those who commit Isa 1:23 . May, for a season, prosper in Job 12:6 . Plead excuses for Jer 7:9,10 . Repent not of Re 9:21 . Destroy themselves by Pr 21:7 - Connected with murder Jer 7:9; Ho 4:2 - Shame follows the detection of Jer 2:26 - Brings a curse on those who commit it Ho 4:2,3; Zec 5:3,4; Mal 3:5 - Brings the wrath of God upon those who commit it Eze 22:29,31 - Excludes from heaven 1Co 6:10 - THEY WHO CONNIVE AT . Hate their own souls Pr 29:24 . Shall be reproved of God Ps 50:18,21 - Mosaic law respecting Ex 22:1-8 - SAINTS . Warned against Eph 4:28; 1Pe 4:15 - All earthly treasure exposed to Mt 6:19 - Heavenly treasure secure from Mt 6:20; Lu 12:33 - Woe denounced against Isa 10:2; Na 3:1 - Illustrates the guilt of false teachers Jer 23:30; Joh 10:1,8,10 - Exemplified . Rachel Ge 31:19 . Achan Jos 7:21 . Shechemites Jud 9:25 . Micah Jud 17:2

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Ex 20:15 Pr 22:22, under the Mosaic law, was punished by exacting a double or a quadruple restitution, which was secured if necessary by the sale of the goods or services of the thief to the requisite amount, Ex 22:1-8,23 2Sa 12:6 Pr 6:30,31 Lu 19:8. A night-robber might lawfully be slain in the act; and a man-stealer was to be punished by death, Ex 21:16 22:2.

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Theft. Theft
Punished by restitution, the proportions of which are noted in 2 Sam. 12:6. If the thief could not pay the fine, he was to be sold to a Hebrew master till he could pay (Ex. 22:1-4). A night-thief might be smitten till he died, and there would be no blood-guiltiness for him (22:2). A man-stealer was to be put to death (21:16). All theft is forbidden (Ex. 20:15; 21:16; Lev. 19:11; Deut. 5:19; 24:7; Ps. 50:18; Zech. 5:3; Matt. 19:18; Rom. 13:9; Eph. 4:28; 1 Pet. 4:15).

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theft. Theft, n. the act of stealing, a thing stolen, dishonesty

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Theft (?), n. [[OE. thefte, AS. þiéfðe, þȳfðe, þeófðe. See Thief.]] 1. 1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
☞ To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See Larceny, and the Note under Robbery. 2. 2. The thing stolen.
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, . . . he shall restore double. Ex. xxii. 4.