Let him that stole steal no more; stealing is understood largely for seeking our own gain by any way, defrauding others, whether by taking away, or unjustly detaining what is theirs. But rather let him labour; i.e. diligently and industriously, as the word imports. Idleness is condemned as tending to theft. Working with his hands; as the only instrument by which most arts and trades are exercised. The thing which is good; not in any unlawful way, but in an honest calling. That he may have to give to him that needeth; that he may have not only whereupon to live, and prevent stealing, but wherewith to help those that want, Luke 21:2.
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Ephesians 4:28
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to giveg to him that needeth.