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Commandments 7, 9, 10You shall not steal or covetMarch 28th, 2004

Exodus 34:24

I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and

no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the LORD your

God.

Deuteronomy 7:25

The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet

the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the LORD your

God.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take

them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his

inheritance.

James 4:2

You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You

quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask

God.

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity. In my faithfulness I will reward them

and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Leviticus 19:13

Do not defraud your neighbor or rob him. Do not hold back the

wages of a hired man overnight.

Amos 8:5

…saying, "When will the New Moon be over that we may sell

grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?"--

skimping the measure, boosting the price and cheating with

dishonest scales.

Malachi 1:14

"Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and

vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king,"

says the LORD Almighty.

Romans 2:21

You, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you

steal?

Exodus 22:1

If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he

must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the

sheep.

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord!

Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I

have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four

times the amount."

Ephesians 4:28

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have

something to share with those in need.