Exodus 20:17

The Ten Commandments

¹⁶ Do not (lie) accuse anyone falsely. ¹⁷ “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” ¹⁸ The people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast. They saw the lightning and the smoking mountain. They trembled with fear and stood at a distance.

Male or Female

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid! I had not known sin except through the law. For I had not known coveting except the law had said: You should not covet.

Matthew 5:28

However, I tell you that whoever looks at a woman with lustful thoughts commits adultery with her in his heart.

Jeremiah 5:8

They were like well-fed stallions wild with desire, each lusting for his neighbor's wife.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Luke 12:15

Jesus said: Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.

Romans 13:9

For the Law code says: You must not commit adultery, you must not murder, you must not steal, you must not bear false witness, and you must not covet. If there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying; namely, you must love your neighbor as yourself.

Ephesians 5:3

Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among holy ones.

Colossians 3:5

Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.

Hebrews 13:5

You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 14:23

I will take nothing. Not a thread or a sandal strap. You will not be able to say: 'I have made Abram rich.'

Genesis 34:23

Then all their livestock and everything else they own will be ours. So let us agree that they can live among us.

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoils a quality Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. I hid them in the earth in the middle of my tent.

1 Samuel 15:19

Why then did you not obey the voice of Jehovah? Why did you pounce on the plunder? Why did you do evil in the sight of Jehovah?

2 Samuel 11:2-4

Late one afternoon, David got up from his nap and went to the palace roof. He walked around on the roof. He saw a woman taking a bath. She was very beautiful.

Job 31:1

I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.

Job 31:9

If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

Psalm 10:3

The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses the covetous, which Jehovah abhors.

Psalm 119:36

Incline my heart to your laws and not to dishonest gain.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it come the source of life.

Proverbs 6:24-25

This will keep you from the evil woman and from the smooth tongue of an adulterous woman.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth, with gain. This too is vanity.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil.

Isaiah 57:17

Because of the iniquity of his covetousness gain I was angry and struck him. I hid and was angry. He went on backsliding in the way of his heart (his heart directed course of life).

Jeremiah 22:17

Your eyes and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain. You are shedding innocent blood and on practicing oppression and extortion.

Ezekiel 33:31

Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they do not do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.

Amos 2:6-7

Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.

Habakkuk 2:9

He who receives a dishonest profit for his house will have trouble. He may set his nest on high in order to be delivered from the hand of evil!

Matthew 20:15

Is it lawful for me to do what I wish with what is mine? Or is your eye jealous because I am generous?'

Luke 16:14

Hearing this the Pharisees made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

Acts 5:4

While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your power? Why did you conceive this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.

Acts 20:33

I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or clothes.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5

For you know this with certainty, that no fornicator, no unclean person, no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction. Their god is their belly. Their glory is in their shame. They set their mind on earthly things.

1 Timothy 6:6-10

Godliness with contentment is great gain.