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Ex. 20:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt not covet thyd neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.

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Hab. 2:9• ⁹Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! (Hab. 2:9)

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Rom. 7:7• ⁷What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? Let it not be. Nay, I had not known sin unless by law; for lust also I had not been conscious of, unless the law had said, “Thou shalt not lust.” (Rom. 7:7)

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1 Cor. 6:10• ¹⁰nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom. (1 Cor. 6:10)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Put to death therefore your members that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (Col. 3:5)

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thy neighbour's house.

Gen. 3:6• ⁶When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that [it was] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree [was] desirable to make wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. (Gen. 3:6)

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Gen. 14:23• ²³{i}if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take anything …; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;{/i} (Gen. 14:23)

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Gen. 34:23• ²³Their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, [shall] they not [be] ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us. (Gen. 34:23)

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Josh. 7:21• ²¹When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. (Josh. 7:21)

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1 Sam. 15:19• ¹⁹Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah? (1 Sam. 15:19)

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Psa. 10:3• ³For the wicked [man] boasteth of his soul's desire;{HR}He blesseth the plunderer, he despiseth Jehovah. (Psa. 10:3)

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Psa. 119:36• ³⁶Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,{HR}And not to gain, (Psa. 119:36)

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Eccl. 4:8• ⁸There is one, and he hath not a second;{HR}Yea, he hath neither son nor brother;{HR}Yet is there no end of all his labour,{HR}Neither is his eye satisfied with riches.{HR}For whom then, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good?{HR}This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. (Eccl. 4:8)

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Eccl. 5:10‑11• ¹⁰He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver;{HR}Nor he that loveth abundance with increase:{HR}This also is vanity.
¹¹When goods increase, they are increased that eat them:{HR}And what advantage is there to the owner thereof,{HR}Save the beholding of them with his eyes? (Eccl. 5:10‑11)

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Isa. 33:15• ¹⁵He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: (Isa. 33:15)

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Isa. 57:17• ¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. (Isa. 57:17)

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Jer. 22:17• ¹⁷But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:17)

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Ezek. 33:31• ³¹And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (Ezek. 33:31)

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Amos 2:6‑7• ⁶{i}Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;{/i}
⁷{i}panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name.{/i} (Amos 2:6‑7)

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Mic. 2:2• ²And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. (Mic. 2:2)

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Hab. 2:9• ⁹Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! (Hab. 2:9)

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Luke 12:15• ¹⁵{i}And{/i} he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions. (Luke 12:15)

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Luke 16:14• ¹⁴{i}And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,{/i} heard all these things, {i}and{/i} sneered at him. (Luke 16:14)

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Acts 20:33• ³³I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel; (Acts 20:33)

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Rom. 7:7• ⁷What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? Let it not be. Nay, I had not known sin unless by law; for lust also I had not been conscious of, unless the law had said, “Thou shalt not lust.” (Rom. 7:7)

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1 Cor. 6:10• ¹⁰nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom. (1 Cor. 6:10)

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Phil. 3:19• ¹⁹whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the belly, and they glory in their shame, who mind the things of earth. (Phil. 3:19)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Put to death therefore your members that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (Col. 3:5)

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1 Tim. 6:6‑10• ⁶But piety with contentment is great gain.
⁷For we brought nothing into the world; because neither can we carry anything out.
⁸But having food and covering we shall be therewith satisfied.
⁹But those that wish to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, such as sink men into destruction and perdition.
¹⁰For a root of all evils is the love of money, which some eagerly seeking were led astray from the faith and pierced themselves through with many pains. (1 Tim. 6:6‑10)

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Heb. 13:5• ⁵Free from love of money [be] your course of life, satisfied with present things, for he hath said, I will not leave thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee: (Heb. 13:5)

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2 Sam. 11:2‑4• ²{i}And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;{/i}
³{i}and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?{/i}
⁴{i}And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.{/i} (2 Sam. 11:2‑4)

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Job 31:1,9• ¹I have presented a covenant to mine eyes,{HR}And how should I think on a maiden?
⁹If my heart was enticed about a woman,{HR}And I laid wait at my neighbour’s door, (Job 31:1,9)

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Prov. 4:23• ²³Keep thy heart more than all thou guardest;{HR}For out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)

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Prov. 6:24‑25• ²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman,{HR}From the smoothness of the tongue of a strange woman.
²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart,{HR}Nor let her take thee with her eyelids; (Prov. 6:24‑25)

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Jer. 5:8• ⁸They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. (Jer. 5:8)

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Matt. 5:28• ²⁸but I say unto you that every one that looketh at a woman to lust after her committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)

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Matt. 20:15• ¹⁵Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good? (Matt. 20:15)

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Acts 5:4• ⁴When it remained, did it not remain to thee; and when sold, was it not in thy power? How [is it] that thou conceivedst this thing in thy heart? Thou didst lie not to men but to God. (Acts 5:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour’s wife, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour’s.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour’s wife, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour’s.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)