Ephesians 4:28

New Century Version

Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.

Cross References

Job 34:32

Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

Exodus 20:15

“You must not steal.

Exodus 20:17

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife or his male or female slaves, or his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exodus 21:16

“Anyone who kidnaps someone and either sells him as a slave or still has him when he is caught must be put to death.

Proverbs 13:11

Money that comes easily disappears quickly, but money that is gathered little by little will grow.

Proverbs 14:23

Those who work hard make a profit, but those who only talk will be poor.

Proverbs 21:26

All day long they wish for more, but good people give without holding back.

Proverbs 28:13

If you hide your sins, you will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much, I might reject you and say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’ If I am poor, I might steal and disgrace the name of my God.

Proverbs 31:20

She welcomes the poor and helps the needy.

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal and murder and be guilty of adultery? Will you falsely accuse other people? Will you burn incense to the god Baal and follow other gods you have not known?

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery are everywhere. One murder follows another.

Zechariah 5:3

And he said to me, “This is the curse that will go all over the land. One side says every thief will be taken away. The other side says everyone who makes false promises will be taken away.

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “I will give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times more.”

Luke 3:8

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives. Don’t begin to say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.

John 12:6

But Judas did not really care about the poor; he said this because he was a thief. He was the one who kept the money box, and he often stole from it.

John 13:29

Since he was the one who kept the money box, some of the followers thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast or to give something to the poor.

Romans 12:13

Share with God’s people who need help. Bring strangers in need into your homes.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands for our food. When people curse us, we bless them. When they hurt us, we put up with it.

2 Corinthians 8:12

If you want to give, your gift will be accepted. It will be judged by what you have, not by what you do not have.

2 Corinthians 8:2

They have been tested by great troubles, and they are very poor. But they gave much because of their great joy.

Galatians 6:10

When we have the opportunity to help anyone, we should do it. But we should give special attention to those who are in the family of believers.

1 Timothy 6:18

Tell the rich people to do good, to be rich in doing good deeds, to be generous and ready to share.

Titus 3:14

Our people must learn to use their lives for doing good deeds to provide what is necessary so that their lives will not be useless.

Titus 3:8

This teaching is true, and I want you to be sure the people understand these things. Then those who believe in God will be careful to use their lives for doing good. These things are good and will help everyone.