Exodus 22:2

New International Reader's Version

“Suppose you catch a thief breaking into your house at night. And suppose you hit the thief and the thief dies. Then you are not guilty of murder.

Cross References

Job 24:14

When daylight is gone, murderers get up. They kill poor people and those who are in need. In the night they sneak around like robbers.

Job 24:16

In the dark, thieves break into houses. But by day they shut themselves in. They don’t want anything to do with the light.

Job 30:5

They were driven away from human society. They were shouted at as if they were robbers.

Jeremiah 2:34

The blood of those you have killed is on your clothes. You have destroyed poor people who were not guilty. You did not catch them in the act of breaking in. In spite of all this,

Hosea 7:1

I would like to heal Israel. But when I try to, Ephraim’s sins are brought out into the open. The crimes of Samaria are made known to everyone. The people tell lies. They break into houses and steal. They rob others in the streets.

Joel 2:9

They attack a city. They run along its wall. They climb into houses. They enter through windows like robbers.

Numbers 35:27

And suppose the dead person’s nearest male relative finds them outside the city. Then the relative can kill the accused person. The relative will not be guilty of murder.

Matthew 24:43

You must understand something. Suppose the owner of the house knew what time of night the robber was coming. Then he would have kept watch. He would not have let his house be broken into.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

You know very well how the day of the Lord will come. It will come like a thief in the night.

1 Peter 4:15

If you suffer, it shouldn’t be because you are a murderer. It shouldn’t be because you are a thief or someone who does evil things. It shouldn’t be because you interfere with other people’s business.