10th Commandment (Coveting)

Ex. 20:1–17 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I [am] YHWH your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 You shall have no other gods before My face. 4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness that [is] in the heavens above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them and you shall not serve them; for I, YHWH your God, [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons on the third and on the fourth for those who hate Me, 6 and showing loving devotion to thousands for those who love Me and for those who keep My commandments. 7 You shall not take the name of YHWH your God in vain, for YHWH will not hold guiltless him who takes His name in vain. 8 Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it. 9 Six days you shall labor and you shall do all your work, 10 and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to YHWH your God; you shall not do any work—you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your maidservant, and your livestock, and your sojourner who [is] within your gates. 11 For [in] six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them; and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore YHWH blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it. 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land that YHWH your God is giving to you. 13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not answer against your neighbor [as] a false witness. 17 You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Deut. 5:6–21 6 “I [am] YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 7 You shall have no other gods before Me. 8 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness that [is] in the heavens above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water beneath the earth. 9 You shall not bow down to them and you shall not serve them, for I, YHWH your God, [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons and on the third and fourth of those hating Me, 10 and showing loving devotion to thousands, to those loving Me and keeping My commandments. 11 You shall not lift up the name of YHWH your God in vain, for YHWH will not hold guiltless him who lifts up His name in vain. 12 Observe the day of the Sabbath, to keep it holy, as YHWH your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 and the seventh day [is] the Sabbath to YHWH your God; you shall not do any work—you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and your ox, and your donkey, and any of your cattle, and your sojourner who [is] within your gates—that your manservant and your maidservant may rest like you. 15 And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and YHWH your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Upon thus YHWH your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. 16 Honor your father and your mother, as YHWH your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, that it may be well with you in the land that YHWH your God is giving to you. 17 You shall not murder. 18 And you shall not commit adultery. 19 And you shall not steal. 20 And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 21 And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not covet the house of your neighbor, his field, and his manservant, and his maidservant, his ox, and his donkey, and anything that [is] unto your neighbor.”

Pss. 19:7–14 7 The law of YHWH [is] perfect, refreshing the soul; the testimony of YHWH [is] sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of YHWH [are] straight, making glad the heart; the commandment of YHWH [is] pure, bringing light to the eyes. 9 The fear of YHWH is pure, standing forever; the judgments of YHWH [are] true, being righteous altogether, 10 being desired above gold, and much above pure gold, and sweeter than honey and flowing honey from the honeycomb. 11 Indeed, Your servant is warned by them; in keeping them [is] great reward. 12 Who can discern [his] errors? From the hidden cleanse me. 13 Also, hold back Your servant from proud [things]; may they not rule over me. Then I shall be complete, and cleansed of great transgression. 14 The words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, let them be for favor before Your face, O YHWH, my Rock and my Redeemer.

139:23–24 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me, and know my thoughts. 24 And see if a way of wickedness [is] in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Rom. 7:7–8 7 What then will we say? [Is] the law sin? Never may it be! But I did not know sin, if not through the law. For I would not have been conscious of covetousness if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, having taken the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all covetousness; for apart from the law, sin [is] dead.

Ex. 20:17 You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Deut. 5:21 And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not covet the house of your neighbor, his field, and his manservant, and his maidservant, his ox, and his donkey, and anything that [is] unto your neighbor.”

Ps. 34:1 Of David, in his changing his behavior before Abimelech, and he drove him off, and he went. I will bless YHWH at every time; His praise [is] continually in my mouth.

Phil. 4:11 Not that I speak according to deficiency, for I have learned to be content in that which I am.

1 Tim. 6:6 But godliness with contentment is a means of great gain.

Heb. 13:5 [your] manner of life [let be] without love of money, being satisfied with the present; for He Himself has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Luke 15:6, 9, 11–32 6 And having come to the house, he calls together the friends and the neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep, the lost one!’ 9 And having found [it], she calls together the friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I found the drachma that I lost.’ 11 And He said, “A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to the father, ‘Father, give to me the portion of the substance falling [to me].’ And he divided the livelihood between them. 13 And after not many days, the younger son, having gathered together all, went away into a far country, and there he scattered his substance living prodigally. 14 But [on] his having spent all, there was a strong famine throughout that country, and he began to lack. 15 And having gone, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he was desiring to fill his belly from the pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving to him. 17 But having come to himself, he was saying, ‘How many hired men of my father have an abundance of loaves, but here I am perishing with hunger? 18 Having risen up, I will go to my father and I will say to him, “Father, I sinned against heaven and before you; 19 no longer am I worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired men.”’ 20 And having risen up, he went to his father. But [on] his still being distant, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and having run, he fell upon his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I sinned against heaven and before you; no longer am I worthy to be called your son.’ 22 And the father said to his servants, ‘Quickly bring out the best robe and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand and sandals for his feet; 23 and having brought the fattened calf, kill [it], and having eaten, let us be merry, 24 because this son of mine was dead and lived again! He was lost and was found!’ And they began to be merry. 25 And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And having summoned one of the servants, he was inquiring what these things might be. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father killed the fattened calf, because he received him back in good health.’ 28 But he was angry and was not willing to go in. And his father, having gone, was imploring him. 29 But answering, he said to his father, ‘Behold, so many years I serve you, and never did I transgress a commandment of yours, and never did you give to me a young goat so that I might be merry with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, the one having devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ 31 And he said to him, ‘Child, you are always with me, and all that [is] mine is yours⁺. 32 But it was fitting to be merry and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and lived again; and he was lost and was found.’”

Rom. 12:15 to rejoice with the rejoicing, to weep with the weeping,

Phil. 2:4 each looking at not the things of yourselves, but each also the things of others.

1 Cor. 10:10 And do not grumble, as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

James 3:14–16 14 But if you⁺ have bitter jealousy and self-interest in your⁺ heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom coming down from above, but [is] earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and self-interest [are], there [are] disorder and every evil thing.

Gal. 5:26 We should not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Col. 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the members that [are] upon the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry,

Ex. 20:17 You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Deut. 5:21 And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not covet the house of your neighbor, his field, and his manservant, and his maidservant, his ox, and his donkey, and anything that [is] unto your neighbor.”

Heb. 13:5 [your] manner of life [let be] without love of money, being satisfied with the present; for He Himself has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

1 Tim. 6:6 But godliness with contentment is a means of great gain.

Phil. 4:11 Not that I speak according to deficiency, for I have learned to be content in that which I am.

Job 31:29 If I have rejoiced in the destruction of one hating me, or raised myself up because evil found him—

Rom. 12:15 to rejoice with the rejoicing, to weep with the weeping,

Ps. 122:7–9 7 May there be peace within your wall, prosperity within your citadels!” 8 For the sake of my brothers and my companions let me now say: “Peace [be] within you!” 9 For the sake of the house of YHWH our God I will seek good for you.

1 Tim. 1:5 Now the goal of [our] charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith,

Est. 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew [was] second to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and was favored by the multitude of his brothers, seeking good for his people and speaking peace to all his seed.

1 Cor. 13:4–7 4 Love is patient, it is kind; love does not envy, love does not boast, it is not puffed up. 5 It does not act unbecomingly, it does not seek its own [things], it is not provoked, it keeps no reckoning of evil. 6 It does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but it rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Cor. 10:10 And do not grumble, as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

1 Kings 21:4 And Ahab went into his house sullen and angry because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him. For he had said, “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed, and he turned away his face and would not eat food.

Est. 5:13 And all this, none of it is equal to me with every time that I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the gate of the king.”

Gal. 5:26 We should not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

James 3:14, 16 14 But if you⁺ have bitter jealousy and self-interest in your⁺ heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. 16 For where jealousy and self-interest [are], there [are] disorder and every evil thing.

Ps. 112:9–10 9 He has scattered—he has given to the needy; his righteousness stands forever; his horn is raised high in honor. 10 A wicked one will see and be angry; he will gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked ones will perish.

Neh. 2:10 And Sanballat the Horonite heard, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and they were disturbed exceedingly deeply that a man had come to seek the good of the sons of Israel.

Rom. 7:7–8 7 What then will we say? [Is] the law sin? Never may it be! But I did not know sin, if not through the law. For I would not have been conscious of covetousness if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, having taken the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all covetousness; for apart from the law, sin [is] dead.

Rom. 13:9 For, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and if any other commandment, it is summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Col. 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the members that [are] upon the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry,

Deut. 5:21 And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not covet the house of your neighbor, his field, and his manservant, and his maidservant, his ox, and his donkey, and anything that [is] unto your neighbor.”