[freemike]

What does the Bible say about the poor and theft??

Exodus 23:3 “Nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his dispute.”

Lev 19:15 ” You shall do no injustice in judgment, you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.“

Proverbs 30:9 ” Lest I be full and deny you and say “Who is the Lord? And lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of God?“

Mark 10:19 ” You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,” Do not steal....”

Ephesians 4:28 ” Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.”

Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

“…[T]he government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” -James Madison More quotes from the founders: libertas

[txnativegop]

Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” I don't think Obama remembers this one.

[OneWingedShark]

Lev 19:15 ” You shall do no injustice in judgment, you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.“

Maybe this is why the Government, particularly the judiciary, don’t like the Bible. What do you think?

[Raycpa]

when you know the money that is paying for those programs has been forcibly taken from another?

That is a false premise. We have a representative republic.

[ChurtleDawg]

taxes are not the same as theft.

Even Jesus acknowledged the civil authorities had the right to tax the population in his “render unto Caesar” discourse.

You can make arguments about policies, but saying that taxation is theft is erroneous. The Government has the right to garnish part of your money for the public good-—it is the price of citizenship and it pays to keep order and protect the public.

[guitarplayer1953]

Matt 25:31-26:2 31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
32 "All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
33 "And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 "Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 'for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;
36 'I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.'
37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?
38 'When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
39 'Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
40 "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'
41 "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 'for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;
43 'I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.'
44 "Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?'
45 "Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
46 "And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

What will the Lord declare about you and I? SHEEP OR GOAT?