Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbour's house, you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbour's.
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16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 34:23Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
1 Samuel 15:19Wherefore then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but did fly upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?
Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD detests.
Proverbs 4:23Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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 →