Exodus 22:8
If 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.
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Referenced Verses
- Exod 22:28 : 28 “You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
- Deut 16:18 : 18 Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
- Exod 21:6 : 6 then his master must bring him to the judges, and he will bring him to the door or the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
- Exod 22:9 : 9 In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.
- Deut 17:8-9 : 8 Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses. 9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
- Deut 19:17-18 : 17 then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days. 18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,
- 1 Chr 23:4 : 4 David said,“Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the LORD’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;
- Ps 82:1 : 1 A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the assembly of El; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Exod 22:1-77 verses87%
1 Laws 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.
2 “If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.
3 If 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.
4 If 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.
- Exod 22:9-157 verses82%
9 In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.
10 If 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,
11 then 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.
12 But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.
13 If 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.
15 If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.
- Prov 6:30-312 verses77%
30 People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.
31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
- Lev 6:2-43 verses77%
2 “When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,
3 or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–
4 when 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,
- Deut 22:1-33 verses76%
1 Laws Concerning Preservation of Life When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.
2 If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.
3 You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.
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7 If 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.
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31 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.
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27 If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!
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18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,
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22 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple,
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4 “I will send it out,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”
- Deut 21:1-22 verses71%
1 Laws 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,
2 your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.
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1 If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
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39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
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13 Judgment on Jehoiakim“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
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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.
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19 If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–
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16 “Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
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15 “You shall not steal.
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5 You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.
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13 But 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.
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36 Or 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.
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26 If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,
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20 But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,
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14 Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
- Ezek 18:7-82 verses69%
7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,
8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,
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19 You must not steal.
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7 The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.
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19 and 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.
- Deut 24:11-122 verses69%
11 You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.
12 If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.