Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.
Genesis 34:23And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their possessions, be ours? only in this let us conform to them, and they will dwell with us.
1 Samuel 15:19And why didst not thou hearken to the voice of the Lord, but didst hasten to fasten upon the spoils, and didst that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?
Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes, 1 And I will not think upon a virgin. 1
Psalms 10:3For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, 1 But what has the righteous done? 1
Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with the utmost care; 1 For out of these are the issues of life. 1
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:13-18
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. We have here the laws of the second table, as they are commonly… Read the whole commentary →