Exodus 22:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.

Cross References

Matthew 24:43

But know this ye, that if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.

Numbers 35:27

And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he shall not be guilty that killed him.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as a thief in the night.

Joel 2:9

They shall enter into the city: they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up the houses, they shall come in at the windows as a thief.

Hosea 7:1

When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they have committed falsehood, and the thief is come in to steal, the robber is without.

Job 30:5

Who snatched up these things out of the valleys: and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.

Job 24:14

The murderer riseth at the very break of day; he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a railer, or a coveter of other men's things.

Job 24:16

He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves: and they have not known the light.

Jeremiah 2:34

And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? Not in ditches have I found them, but in all places which I mentioned before.