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Ten Commandments Bible Study: Commandment 8

“Thou shalt not steal”

Exodus 20:15 (Leviticus 19:13)

“STEAL 1. To take and carry away feloniously, as the personal goods of another. To constitute stealing or theft, the taking must be felonious, that is, with an intent to take what belongs to another, and without his consent”(1828 Noah Webster). Synonyms – rob, burglarize, thieve, filch, loot, pilfer, swindle, plunder, purloin, shoplift, and embezzle.

1.   The penalty for theft:

  •  Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7
  •  Exodus 22:1-4

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  •  I Thessalonians 4:6

 2.  The deceitfulness of theft:

  •  Jeremiah 2:26
  •  Romans 2:17-23
  •  Titus 2:9-10
  •  Proverbs 30:8-9

3.  The forgiveness of a thief:

  •  Mark 15:27
  • Luke 23:39-43

4.  The cure for theft:

  •  Ephesians 4:21-28

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