Job 24:14

24:14 Before daybreak the murderer rises up;

he kills the poor and the needy;

in the night he is like a thief.

Job 30:5

30:5 They were banished from the community –

people shouted at them

like they would shout at thieves –

Hosea 7:1

7:1 whenever I want to heal Israel,

the sin of Ephraim is revealed,

and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed.

For they do what is wrong;

thieves break into houses,

and gangs rob people out in the streets.

Joel 2:9

2:9 They rush into the city;

they scale its walls.

They climb up into the houses;

they go in through the windows like a thief.

Matthew 6:19-20

Lasting Treasure

6:19 “Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 6:20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Matthew 24:43

24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

Matthew 24:1

The Destruction of the Temple

24:1 Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.

Matthew 5:2

5:2 Then he began to teach them by saying: