Exodus 22:2

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“If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 24:43 : 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.
  • Num 35:27 : 27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,
  • Matt 6:19-20 : 19 Lasting Treasure“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and devouring insect do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
  • 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.
  • Job 24:14 : 14 Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.
  • Job 30:5 : 5 They were banished from the community– people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves–
  • Hos 7:1 : 1 whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets.
  • Joel 2:9 : 9 They rush into the city; they scale its walls. They climb up into the houses; they go in through the windows like a thief.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 22:3-8
    6 verses
    86%

    3If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

    4If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.

    5“If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

    6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

    7“If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double.

    8If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods.

  • Exod 22:1
    79%

    1Laws about Property(21:37)“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.

  • Exod 22:10-14
    5 verses
    76%

    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is injured or is carried away without anyone seeing it,

    11then there will be an oath to the LORD between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.

    12But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.

    13If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.

    14“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

  • Exod 21:12-16
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    12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

    13But if he does not do it with premeditation, but it happens by accident, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

    14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

    16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.

  • Deut 24:7
    76%

    7If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Num 35:16-23
    8 verses
    74%

    16“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    17If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

    20“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,

    21or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

    22“But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,

    23or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm,

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

    19and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person’s loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.

    20“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.

  • Lev 24:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

    21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

  • Deut 19:12
    73%

    12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

  • Prov 6:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

    31Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

  • Exod 21:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.

    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

  • Lev 24:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

    18One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.

  • Deut 21:1
    72%

    1Laws Concerning Unsolved Murder If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,

  • Num 35:31
    71%

    31Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

  • Deut 22:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die.

    26You must not do anything to the young woman– she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person and murders him,

  • Prov 28:17
    71%

    17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

  • Josh 20:5
    71%

    5When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation.

  • Exod 21:23
    71%

    23But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

  • Deut 21:22
    71%

    22Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,

  • Job 24:14
    71%

    14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

  • Exod 21:36
    71%

    36Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.

  • Num 35:27
    71%

    27and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

  • Lev 6:4
    70%

    4when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found,