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Exodus 20:17

WEB

17You 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.”

KJV

17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

BSB

17You shall not covet

FBV

17You must not desire to have anyone else's house. You must not desire to have their wife, or their male slave or female slave, or their ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to them.”

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Extra References

Romans 13:9

9For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,”[+] You shall not covet,”and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”


Luke 12:15

15He said to them, Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”


Hebrews 13:5

5Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”


Ephesians 5:5

5Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.


Colossians 3:5

5Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.


Romans 7:7

7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”


Ephesians 5:3

3But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;


Psalms 119:36

36Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.


Jeremiah 5:8

8They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.


1 Corinthians 6:10

10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.