Exodus 20:17
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17 (A)“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; (B)you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Exodus 20:17
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17 “You shall not covet(A) your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Romans 13:9
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9 For the commandments, (A)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” [a]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, (B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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- Romans 13:9 NU omits “You shall not bear false witness,”
Romans 13:9
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9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”[a](A) and whatever other command there may be, are summed up(B) in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](C)
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- Romans 13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21
- Romans 13:9 Lev. 19:18
Luke 12:15
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15 And He said to them, (A)“Take heed and beware of [a]covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
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- Luke 12:15 NU all covetousness
Luke 12:15
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15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”(A)
Hebrews 13:5
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5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, (A)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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Hebrews 13:5
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5 Keep your lives free from the love of money(A) and be content with what you have,(B) because God has said,
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- Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
Colossians 3:5
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5 (A)Therefore put to death (B)your members which are on the earth: (C)fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (D)which is idolatry.
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Ephesians 5:5
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5 For [a]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any (A)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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- Ephesians 5:5 NU know this
Ephesians 5:5
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5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater(A)—has any inheritance(B) in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a](C)
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- Ephesians 5:5 Or kingdom of the Messiah and God
Romans 7:7
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Sin’s Advantage in the Law
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, (A)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, (B)“You shall not covet.”
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Romans 7:7
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The Law and Sin
7 What shall we say, then?(A) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(B) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(C) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[a](D)
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- Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
Ephesians 5:3
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3 But fornication and all (A)uncleanness or (B)covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
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Ephesians 5:3
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3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(A) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(B) because these are improper for God’s holy people.
Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say to you that whoever (A)looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Matthew 5:28
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28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)
1 Corinthians 6:10
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10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
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1 Corinthians 6:10
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10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers(A) will inherit the kingdom of God.
Habakkuk 2:9
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9 “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may (A)set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the [a]power of disaster!
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- Habakkuk 2:9 Lit. hand of evil
Habakkuk 2:9
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Micah 2:2
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2 They (A)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Micah 2:2
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Jeremiah 5:8
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8 (A)They were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Jeremiah 5:8
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8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
each neighing for another man’s wife.(A)
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