General scriptures
Leviticus 6:2-7; 19:13,35,36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Job 24:2-11; Psalms 37:21; 50:18; 62:10; Proverbs 3:27,28; 11:1; 20:10,14,17,23; Isaiah 32:7; Jeremiah 7:8-10; 9:4-6,8; 22:13; Ezekiel 22:29; Hosea 4:1,2; 12:7; Amos 3:10; 8:5; Micah 6:10,11; Nahum 3:1; Zephaniah 1:9; Zechariah 5:3,4; Luke 16:1-8; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; James 5:4
Instances
Abimelech’s servants confiscate a well
Genesis 21:25; 26:15-22
Jacob obtains his brother’s birthright by an unjust advantage
Genesis 25:29-33
Jacob steals his father’s blessing
Genesis 27:6-29
Jacob gains from Laban’s flocks by skilful manipulation
Genesis 30:31-43
Rebekah’s craftiness on Jacob’s behalf
Genesis 27:6-17
Laban’s treatment of Jacob
Genesis 29:21-30; 31:36-42
Rachel steals the household gods
Genesis 31:19
Simeon and Levi deceive the Shechemites
Genesis 34:15-31
Achan hides the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garment
Joshua 7:11-26
Micah steals one-thousand one-hundred pieces of silver
Judges 17:2
Micah’s priest steals his images
Judges 18:14-21
Joab’s guile in securing Absalom’s return
2 Samuel 14:2-20
Ahab confiscates Naboth’s vineyard
1 Kings 21:2-16
Judas’ hypocritical sympathy for the poor
John 12:6
