5 occurrences

'Covet' in the Bible

"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 belongs to your neighbor."

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCovenant breakersdesiresGreed, Believers' Response ToLaw, Ten CommandmentsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinProperty, HousesLiving In HousesServants Of PeopleMarriage ControlledEighth Commandment

For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.

Verse ConceptsNationalismGod's ProvisionThree Times A YearGod Sets BoundariesThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCoveting, prohibition ofCalf worshipGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWarningAbhorAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesWorldly SnaresBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning Idolsimage

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstethics, and graceHeart, Fallen And RedeemedJustice, In Believers' LivesKnowledge, Of SinKnowledge Of Good And EvilLaw, Purpose OfLaw, Ten CommandmentsMind, Of GodPopularityEffect Of The LawExcellent LawFar Be It!No SinThe Entrance Of SinCovetousnesslaw

For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself

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Definition
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ζηλόω 
Zeloo 
Usage: 10

אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

בּצע 
Batsa` 
Usage: 17

בּצע 
Betsa` 
Usage: 22

חמד 
Chamad 
Usage: 30

ἀφιλάργυρος 
Aphilarguros 
Usage: 2

ἐπιθυμέω 
Epithumeo 
Usage: 10

ὀρέγομαι 
Oregomai 
Usage: 3

πλεονέκτης 
Pleonektes 
Usage: 4

πλεονεξία 
Pleonexia 
Usage: 8

φιλάργυρος 
Philarguros 
Usage: 2

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