Exodus 22:2

A Conservative Version

If the thief is found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

Cross References

Matthew 24:43

But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Numbers 35:27

and the avenger of blood find him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

Joel 2:9

They leap upon the city. They run upon the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like a thief.

Hosea 7:1

When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria. For they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the troop of robbers ravages outside.

Job 30:5

They are driven forth from the midst [of men]. They cry out after them as after a thief,

Job 24:14

The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.

1 Peter 4:15

For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody.

Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.

Jeremiah 2:34

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor. Thou did not find them breaking in. But it is because of all these things.