Verse 24

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 5:1 : 1 Additional Sin Offering Regulations“‘When a person sins in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify and he is a witness(he either saw or knew what had happened) and he does not make it known, then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.
• Prov 8:36 : 36 But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."
• Prov 15:32 : 32 The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever listens to reproof acquires understanding.
• Isa 1:23 : 23 Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
• Mark 11:17 : 17 Then he began to teach them and said,“Is it not written:‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”
• Ps 50:18-22 : 18 When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. 19 You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive. 20 You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother. 21 When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you! 22 Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.
• Prov 1:11-19 : 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. 12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit. 13 We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.” 15 My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path; 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird, 18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives! 19 Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
• Prov 6:32 : 32 A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.
• Judg 17:2 : 2 He said to his mother,“You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.” His mother said,“May the LORD reward you, my son!”
• Prov 20:2 : 2 The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.