Exodus 20:17
You must not covet your neighbor's house; you must not covet your neighbor's wife, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
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16You must not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 34:23Will not their livestock and their property—all their animals be ours? So let us agree with them, and they will live among us.”
1 Samuel 15:19Why did you not obey the voice of Yahweh, but instead you seized the booty and did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh?”
Job 31:1I have made a covenant with my eyes; 1 how then should I look with desire on a virgin? 1
Psalms 10:3For the wicked person boasts of his deepest desires; 1 he blesses the greedy and insults Yahweh. 1
Proverbs 4:23Keep your heart safe and guard it with all diligence, 1 for from it flow the springs 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 →