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Hungry for More – 2024

You Shall not Steal   Pt 1

Exodus 20:15 / Ephesians 4:28

Exodus 20:15 - “You shall not steal.

  1. A Matter of ______________

        Proverbs 11:1

Abomination – In biblical usage, something that God loathes or hates because it is offensive to Him and His character.

In the OT, dishonest acts included secretly moving boundary markers (Deuteronomy 19:14), the use of false measures and weighted balances (Deuteronomy 25:13-16), selling goods of inferior quality (Amos 8:4-6), and charging interest to poor people (Exodus 22:25).

There are all kinds of stealing within the pages of the Bible.  (OT examples)

Joshua 7 – Achan

Judges 17 – Micah                                           

1 Kings 21:8-14; 2 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 22:35-38 – King Ahab and Naboth

2 Samuel 12:1-4 – King David