At dawn the murderer gets up and goes out to kill the poor, and at night he steals.

Everyone drove them away with shouts, as if they were shouting at thieves.

"Whenever I want to heal my people Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their wickedness and the evil they do. They cheat one another; they break into houses and steal; they rob people in the streets.

They rush against the city; they run over the walls; they climb up the houses and go in through the windows like thieves.

"Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.

Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal.

If the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, you can be sure that he would stay awake and not let the thief break into his house.

For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night.

and if the dead person's relative finds you and kills you, this act of revenge is not murder.