Exodus 22:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

If the thief is not found, then the owner of the house shall be brought to the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor's goods.

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  • Exod 22:28 : 28 You shall not revile the gods nor curse the ruler of your people.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
  • Exod 21:6 : 6 then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
  • Exod 22:9 : 9 For every kind of trespass, whether it is for ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing that another claims to be his, both parties shall come before the judges; and he whom the judges convict shall pay double to his neighbor.
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses, 9 and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.
  • Deut 19:17-18 : 17 Then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in that time; 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother;
  • 1 Chr 23:4 : 4 Of which, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
  • Ps 82:1 : 1 God stands in the assembly of the mighty; He judges among the gods.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 22:1-7
    7 verses
    87%

    1If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

    2If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodshed for him.

    3If the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodshed for him, for he should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

    4If the stolen goods are found alive in his hand, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall restore double.

    5If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed upon, and allows his animal to wander and feed in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

    6If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that stacked grain or standing grain or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

    7If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

  • Exod 22:9-15
    7 verses
    82%

    9For every kind of trespass, whether it is for ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing that another claims to be his, both parties shall come before the judges; and he whom the judges convict shall pay double to his neighbor.

    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to keep and it dies, is injured, or is driven away, with no one seeing it,

    11then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both that he has not put his hand upon his neighbor's goods; and the owner shall accept this, and he shall not make restitution.

    12If it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner.

    13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make restitution for what was torn.

    14If a man borrows anything from his neighbor and it is broken or dies, with its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

    15But if its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

  • Prov 6:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;

    31But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

  • Lev 6:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2If a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD, and lies to his neighbor about something delivered to him to keep, or about a pledge, or about something taken away by violence, or has deceived his neighbor;

    3Or if he has found what was lost and lies about it, and swears falsely; in any of these things a person may do, sinning therein:

    4Then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall restore what he took violently away, or the thing which he has deceitfully obtained, or what was delivered to him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

  • Deut 22:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother.

    2And if your brother is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall be with you until your brother seeks after it, and you shall restore it to him again.

    3In like manner you shall do with his donkey; and so you shall do with his clothing; and with any lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found, you shall do likewise; you may not hide yourself.

  • Deut 24:7
    74%

    7If a man is found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    74%

    31If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house:

  • Prov 22:27
    72%

    27If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

  • Deut 19:18
    72%

    18And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother;

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    72%

    22If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath comes before your altar in this house;

  • Zech 5:4
    71%

    4I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.

  • Deut 21:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1If someone is found slain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has slain him,

    2Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain;

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Luke 12:39
    71%

    39And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

  • Jer 22:13
    71%

    13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work;

  • Matt 24:43
    71%

    43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

  • Lev 24:19
    70%

    19And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

  • Exod 21:16
    70%

    16He who kidnaps a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 20:15
    70%

    15You shall not steal.

  • Jer 7:5
    70%

    5For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

  • Exod 21:13
    70%

    13However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

  • Exod 21:36
    70%

    36Or if it is known that the ox was accustomed to gore in time past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.

  • Exod 22:26
    70%

    26If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

  • Deut 22:20
    70%

    20But if this thing is true, and the evidence of virginity is not found for the young woman,

  • Deut 19:14
    69%

    14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7And has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

    8He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Deut 5:19
    69%

    19Neither shall you steal.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Exod 21:19
    69%

    19if he rises again and walks outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing.

  • Deut 24:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring out the pledge to you.

    12And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge: