Exodus 22:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Cross References

Matthew 24:43

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Numbers 35:27

and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh 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 is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without.

Job 30:5

They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief;

Job 24:14

The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

1 Peter 4:15

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters:

Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

Jeremiah 2:34

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.