Exodus 20:17

Tree of Life Version

“Do not covet your neighbor’s house, your neighbor’s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Cross References

Genesis 14:23

Not a thread or even a sandal strap of all that is yours will I take, so you will not say, ‘I’ve made Abram rich!’

Genesis 3:6

Now the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a thing of lust for the eyes, and that the tree was desirable for imparting wisdom. So she took of its fruit and she ate. She also gave to her husband who was with her and he ate.

Genesis 34:23

Their livestock and their possessions: won’t they be ours? Only let us consent to them so that they’ll live with us.”

Job 31:1

“I made a covenant with my eyes not to pay attention to a virgin.

Job 31:9

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

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai.

Psalm 119:36

Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to dishonest gain.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart diligently, for from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who goes to another man’s wife. No one who touches her will go unpunished.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one who has no one else, neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. “So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?” This too is meaningless— a grievous task!

Isaiah 33:15

One who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly, who refuses unjust gain by extortion, who shakes his hands free of bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil.

Isaiah 57:17

Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry; I struck him; I hid My face; I was angry—but he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart are only on your unjust gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and committing extortion and fraud.”

Jeremiah 5:8

They are well-fed, lustful stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.

Ezekiel 33:31

So they come to you, as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words—but they do not do them—for with their mouth they express doting love, but their heart goes after their own dishonest gain.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields, so they seize them, or houses, and take them away. So they oppress a man and his house— a man and his inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:9

Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity!

Matthew 20:15

Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that everyone who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Luke 12:15

Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on guard against all kinds of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the material goods he possesses.”

Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and sneering at Yeshua.

Acts 20:33

I coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

Acts 5:4

While it remained unsold, it was your own, wasn’t it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? How did this deed get into your heart? You haven’t 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 covet,” and any other commandment—are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the Torah sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the Torah. For I would not have known about coveting if the Torah had not said, “You shall not covet.”

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed—don’t even let these be mentioned among you, as is proper for kedoshim.

Ephesians 5:5

Know for certain that no immoral, indecent, or greedy person—who is really an idol worshipper at heart—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Messiah and God.

Deuteronomy 5:21

Then you said, ‘Adonai our God has just shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. This day we have seen that God speaks with man, and yet he keeps on living.

Deuteronomy 7:25

“The carved images of their gods you are to burn with fire. You are not to covet the silver or gold on them or take it for yourself—or you could be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Adonai your God.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction—their god is their belly and their glory is in their shame. They set their minds on earthly things.)

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, put to death what is earthly in you—sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed—for that is idolatry.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lifestyle free from the love of money, and be content with what you have. For God Himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you,”

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoil a beautiful Shinar mantle and 200 shekels of silver and a wedge of gold 50 shekels in weight, I coveted them and took them. Look, they are buried in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Witness against me before Adonai and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken or whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded or whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to look the other way? I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 15:19

Why then did you not obey the voice of Adonai, but rushed greedily onto the spoil—doing what was evil in Adonai’s eyes?”