G2812

κλέπτης

kleptēs

Masculine noun · From κλέπτω (G2813)

From G2813; a stealer (literally or figuratively):—thief. Compare G3027.

Outline

an embezzler, pilferer

the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain

Usages

Matthew 6:19

¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Precepts

Ecclesiasticus 29:11

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Matthew 6:20

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

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Matthew 24:43

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

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Luke 12:33

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

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Luke 12:39

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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John 10:1

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

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John 10:8

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

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John 10:10

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Breakdown

Whereas this originally applied to the wicked Scribes and Pharisees, this now applies to Esau.

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John 12:6

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

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1 Corinthians 6:10

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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1 Thessalonians 5:2

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Precepts

Revelation 16:15

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1 Thessalonians 5:4

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

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1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

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2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Breakdown

great noise The sound made by the ICBMs hitting parts of the earth. Note, the ICBMs will only hit parts of the earth (Ecclesiastes 1:4).

Precepts

Revelation 16:15

Destruction

Isaiah 13:19 Isaiah 24:6 Isaiah 26:20 Isaiah 34:2 Isaiah 66:15 Jeremiah 15:2-3 Jeremiah 49:17 Jeremiah 50:39 Ezekiel 21:9 Joel 2:1 Joel 2:3 Amos 5:18 Zephaniah 1:14-18 2 Esdras 15:11 Matthew 10:34 Matthew 24:37 Revelation 9:12

ICBMs

Job 20:24 Psalms 7:13 Psalms 21:9 Isaiah 9:5 Isaiah 13:13 Isaiah 34:4 Isaiah 54:16 Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 50:14 Nahum 3:3 Zechariah 14:12 Malachi 4:1 2 Esdras 16:13 Revelation 6:13-14 Revelation 9:16 Revelation 11:13

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Revelation 3:3

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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Revelation 16:15

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Breakdown

he that watcheth Mark 13:33. garments This knowledge.

Precepts

1 Thessalonians 5:2 2 Peter 3:10

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