2007-08-12 04:40:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It only means that someone who steals has that as their weakness and they have to be vigilant in fighting the temptation to do it again. It would be like "once a cheater, always a cheater" or " once a procrastinator, always a procrastinator". Granted some faults are worse than others, but we all have our own demons to fight and they come in as many different forms as there are people on earth.
2007-08-12 04:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by carmel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
''once a thief, always a thief"...do you? Yes its true, but it doesn't mean it will repeat it again, what its been done is done. A good example, an ex-convict. If this person convicted of a crime, pay his time and back to civilized life and become mentor a role model, emulated by many and become a respected in a community, this person still an ex-con. Its a past part of life.
2016-05-20 06:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by rosalee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but i believe once a thief .always under suspicion every time something goes missing
2007-08-12 05:48:29 · answer #3 · answered by keny 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Once a thief always the potential to steal, but not the surety...
2007-08-12 04:49:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I went through a stealing phase when I was four or so. I was all mixed up about my parent's divorce so whenever I was in a store or something I would steal candy to fill up that mixed-up feeling inside of me. I got caught by my mom once and she scared the living daylights out of me. I swore (to myself) I would never steal again, and I haven't. Hmm.. I still turn to chocolate when I feel all mixed-up inside though... ;P
2007-08-12 04:49:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He'll always be a thief as in someone who stole something, but that doesn't mean he'll steal again.
2007-08-12 04:45:26 · answer #6 · answered by Cathy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not when the Holy Spirit decides to pay them a visit. They will change their ways after that.
2007-08-12 04:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No but they have to watch themselves more carefully than most because of their natural tendency
2007-08-12 06:52:34 · answer #8 · answered by Scouse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was a shop lifter.,
Since I came back to our Lord
,I give money away,
2007-08-12 04:58:04 · answer #9 · answered by denis9705 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you have stolen anything in your life, then yes you were a theif and you will always be one, hipothetically speaking.
2007-08-12 04:54:33 · answer #10 · answered by icananswerthequestion 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋