Exodus 20:17

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Exodus 20:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 You shall not steal.

16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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.”

18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

19 “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 14:23

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 have made Abram rich.’

Genesis 34:23

Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

1 Samuel 15:19

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

Psalms 10:3

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

Psalms 119:36

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

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 content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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

Ecclesiastes 5:11

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

Isaiah 57:17

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 his heart.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

Ezekiel 33:31

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

Amos 2:6

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 2:7

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Micah 2:2

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

Habakkuk 2:9

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

Luke 12:15

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

Luke 16:14

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

Acts 20:33

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

Romans 7:7

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. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

1 Corinthians 6:10

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

Philippians 3:19

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

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Timothy 6:6

Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

1 Timothy 6:8

But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Hebrews 13:5

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, never will I forsake you.”

2 Samuel 11:2

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 bathing—a very beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 11:3

So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

2 Samuel 11:4

Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

Job 31:1

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

Job 31:9

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

Proverbs 4:23

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

Proverbs 6:24

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

Proverbs 6:25

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Jeremiah 5:8

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

Matthew 5:28

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

Matthew 20:15

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

Acts 5:4

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 such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”