Exodus 20:17

New King James Version

“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 is your neighbor’s.”

Cross References

Genesis 14:23

that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—

Genesis 3:6

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Genesis 34:23

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

Job 31:1

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon 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

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.

Psalm 119:36

Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

Proverbs 6:29

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. But he never asks, “For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid and was angry, And he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 22:17

“Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence.”

Jeremiah 5:8

They were like well-fed lusty stallions; Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.

Ezekiel 33:31

So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!

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 at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Luke 12:15

And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”

Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.

Acts 20:33

I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.

Acts 5:4

While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied 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 bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had 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

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

Ephesians 5:5

For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Deuteronomy 5:21

‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’

Deuteronomy 7:25

You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”

1 Samuel 12:3

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 cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 15:19

Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?”