Bible verses about "crime" | CLV

¹⁵ If you should be loving Me, you will be keeping My precepts."

¹ When a man steals a bull or a flockling and slaughters it or sells it, five oxen shall he repay for the bull and four small cattle for the flockling. ² (If the thief is found while burrowing and is smitten so that he dies, there is no blood-guilt because of him. ³ But if the sun has risen on him there is blood-guilt because of him.) He shall repay, yea repay; if he has nothing then he will be sold for his theft. ⁴ If the theft is found, yea found alive in his hand, whether bull or donkey or flockling, he shall only repay double. ⁵ When a man causes a field or a vineyard to be grazed down, and he lets his livestock go loose, so that it grazes down another's field, then from the best of his field and the best of his vineyard shall he repay. ⁶ When fire goes forth and it finds thorns, and the shock or the raised grain or the whole field is devoured, the one causing the consuming fire to consume shall repay, yea repay. ⁷ When a man gives to his associate silver or articles to keep, and they are stolen from the man's house, if the thief is found he shall repay double. ⁸ If the thief is not found then the possessor of the house will be brought near to the elohim to show whether or not he has put forth his hand on the work of his associate. ⁹ In every manner of transgression over a bull, over a donkey, over a flockling, over raiment or over every lost thing which one says that this is it, unto the elohim shall come the word of the two of them. Whom the elohim shall condemn, he shall repay double to his associate. ¹⁰ When a man gives to his associate a donkey or a bull or a flockling or any beast to keep, and it dies or is broken or is captured without anyone seeing it, ¹¹ the oath of Yahweh shall come to be between them both to show whether or not he has put forth his hand on the property of his associate; then its possessor will take it, and he shall not repay. ¹² But if it is stolen, yea stolen, from him, he shall repay its possessor. ¹³ If it is torn to pieces, yea torn to pieces, he shall bring the thing torn to pieces, he shall bring the thing torn to pieces as testimony, and he shall not repay. ¹⁴ When a man asks something from his associate, and it is broken or dies when its possessor is not with it, he shall repay, yea repay. ¹⁵ If its possessor was with it, he shall not repay. If it was hired it came for its hire. ¹⁶ In case a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her he shall pay, yea pay her bride-price as a wife for himself. ¹⁷ If her father refuses, yea refuses to give her to him, he shall weigh out silver according to the bride-price for virgins. ¹⁸ You shall not let an enchantress live. ¹⁹ Anyone lying with a beast shall be put to death, yea death. ²⁰ Anyone sacrificing to any elohim is doomed, unless it be to Yahweh, to Him alone. ²¹ As for the sojourner, you shall not tyrannize nor oppress him, for you came to be sojourners in the land of Egypt. ²² Any widow or orphan you shall not humiliate. ²³ If you humiliate, yea humiliate him, in case he should cry, yea cry to Me, I shall hear, yea hear his cry, ²⁴ and My anger will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will become widows and your sons orphans. ²⁵ If you obligate My people, the humble with you, with silver, you shall not be as a moneylender to him; you shall not impose interest on him. ²⁶ If you take in pledge, yea in pledge the raiment of your associate, previous to sunset you shall restore it to him, ²⁷ for it is his only covering. It is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he lie? When it comes to be that he is crying to Me, then I will hear, for I am gracious. ²⁸ You shall not maledict the elohim, and a prince among your people you shall not curse. ²⁹ You shall not delay to offer from your fullness and your fruit juice. The firstborn of your sons shall you give to Me. ³⁰ So shall you do with your bull, with your flock and your donkey. Seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day shall you give it to Me. ³¹ You shall come to be holy men for Me; so you shall not eat flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall fling it to the dog.

¹³ You shall not murder.

³⁸ "You hear that it was declared, ' An eye for an eye,' and 'A tooth for a tooth.' ³⁹ Yet I am saying to you not to withstand a wicked person, but anyone who slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

¹ Let every soul be subject to the superior authorities, for there is no authority except under God. Now those which are, have been set under God, ² so that he who is resisting an authority has withstood God's mandate. Now those who have withstood, will be getting judgment for themselves, ³ for magistrates are not a fear to the good act, but to the evil. Now you do not want to be fearing the authority. Do good, and you will be having applause from it." ⁴ For it is God's servant for your good. Now if you should be doing evil, fear, for not feignedly is it wearing the sword. For it is God's servant, an avenger for indignation to him who is committing evil."

¹⁹ you are not avenging yourselves, beloved, but be giving place to His indignation, for it is written, Mine is vengeance! I will repay! the Lord is saying. "

²⁴ eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, ²⁵ scorching for scorching, injury for injury, welt for welt.

⁴ For it is God's servant for your good. Now if you should be doing evil, fear, for not feignedly is it wearing the sword. For it is God's servant, an avenger for indignation to him who is committing evil."