Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Cross References (37)

  • Romans 13:9 (46)

    The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments,

  • Luke 12:15 (18)

    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the ab

  • Hebrews 13:5 (16)

    Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you

  • Ephesians 5:5 (10)

    For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the king

  • Ephesians 5:3 (8)

    But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impu

  • Colossians 3:5 (8)

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre

  • Romans 7:7 (8)

    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:10 (7)

    nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Proverbs 4:23 (7)

    Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

  • Jeremiah 5:8 (7)

    They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

  • Micah 2:2 (7)

    They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance

  • Psalms 119:36 (7)

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

  • Matthew 20:15 (6)

    Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

  • Matthew 5:28 (6)

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

  • Habakkuk 2:9 (5)

    Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

  • Ezekiel 33:31 (5)

    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although

  • Ecclesiastes 5:10–11 (5)

    He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile

  • Amos 2:6–7 (5)

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they

  • 1 Samuel 15:19 (5)

    So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

  • Jeremiah 22:17 (5)

    “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing ex

  • Isaiah 33:15 (5)

    He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who

  • Job 31:9 (5)

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

  • Joshua 7:21 (4)

    When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fif

  • Acts 5:4 (4)

    Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive

  • Genesis 14:23 (4)

    that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I h

  • 1 Timothy 6:6–10 (4)

    Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

  • Acts 20:33 (4)

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

  • Luke 16:14 (4)

    The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

  • Proverbs 6:24–25 (4)

    to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

  • Psalms 10:3 (3)

    For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

  • Job 31:1 (3)

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

  • Ecclesiastes 4:8 (3)

    There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not

  • Isaiah 57:17 (3)

    I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of

  • Genesis 3:6 (3)

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wis

  • Genesis 34:23 (2)

    Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they wi

  • 2 Samuel 11:2–4 (2)

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman ba

  • Philippians 3:19 (2)

    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly th