Exodus 20:17

Modern English Version

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.

Cross References

Genesis 14:23

that I will take nothing that is yours, not a thread or a sandal strap; lest you say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasing to the eyes and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Genesis 34:23

Will not their livestock and their possessions and every animal of theirs be ours? Only, let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.”

Job 31:1

“I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a young woman?

Job 31:9

“If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasts of his soul’s desire, and blesses the greedy and despises the Lord.

Psalm 119:36

Incline my heart unto Your testimonies, and not unto covetousness.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her will not be innocent.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person who is alone, having neither son nor brother; there is not an end to all his toil, and his eyes are not satisfied with riches. He asks, “For whom do I labor and cause my life to lack good things?” This also is vanity and a burdensome task.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, he who rejects unjust gain and shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid My face and was wrathful, and he went on turning away in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are intent only on your covetousness and on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and violence.

Jeremiah 5:8

They were as fed horses in the morning; everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them. They do the lustful desires in their mouth, and their heart goes after their covetousness.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them. They defraud a man of his house, and a fellow man of his inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the power of calamity!”

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Luke 12:15

Then He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness. For a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things and derided Him.

Acts 20:33

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Acts 5:4

While it remained unsold, was it not your own? And when it was sold, was it not under your authority? Why have you conceived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to men, but to God.”

Romans 13:9

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not give false testimony, You shall not covet,” and if there are any other commandments, are summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid! But I did not know sin, except through the law. I would not have known coveting if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:3

And do not let sexual immorality, or any impurity, or greed be named among you, as these are not proper among saints.

Ephesians 5:5

For this you know, that no sexually immoral or impure person, or one who is greedy, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Deuteronomy 5:21

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor shall you covet your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 7:25

You must burn the graven images of their gods with fire. You must not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take any of it, lest you be snared by them, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Philippians 3:19

Their destination is destruction, their god is their appetite, their glory is in their shame, their minds are set on earthly things.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore put to death the parts of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your lives be without love of money, and be content with the things you have. For He has said: “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the plundered goods a beautiful robe from Babylon, two hundred shekels of silver, and a gold bar weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground in my tent. The silver is underneath them.”

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with? Indeed I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 15:19

Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? And why did you rush upon the spoil and do evil in the sight of the Lord?”