Bible Verses About Crime
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for crime, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,466 votes, led by Exodus 21:24-25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Crime
Exodus 21:24-25151 votes
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 22:1-31128 votes
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Romans 12:19116 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Romans 13:1-488 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Exodus 20:1387 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
Matthew 5:38-3986 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
John 14:1568 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Genesis 9:5-664 votes
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Psalms 11:557 votes
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Ezekiel 18:2052 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Mark 7:21-2250 votes
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Proverbs 6:16-1948 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 25:2648 votes
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Matthew 10:2845 votes
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Genesis 6:542 votes
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Psalms 94:1-2339 votes
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
Ecclesiastes 8:1139 votes
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
1 Timothy 5:839 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Kings 16:15-1836 votes
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
Proverbs 28:1-2836 votes
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Judges 5:832 votes
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
2 Chronicles 17:1-1932 votes
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
Ezekiel 8:1732 votes
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
2 Kings 11:1-331 votes
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
Luke 13:330 votes
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
What does the Bible say about crime?
Readers most often cite Exodus 21:24-25 on the subject of crime. Across 2,466 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 22:1-31, Romans 12:19, Romans 13:1-4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.