Exodus 20:17
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17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(A)
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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 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not murder; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(A)
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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, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”(A)
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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 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”(A)
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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 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).(A)
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Ephesians 5:5
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5 Be sure of this, that no sexually immoral or impure person or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.(A)
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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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The Law and Sin
7 What then are we to say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”(A)
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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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Renounce Pagan Ways
3 But sexual immorality and impurity of any kind or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.(A)
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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 everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)
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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 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these 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 “Alas for you who get evil gain for your house,
setting your nest on high
to be safe from the reach of harm!”(A)
Habakkuk 2:9
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Micah 2:2
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2 They covet fields and seize them,
houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
people and their inheritance.(A)
Micah 2:2
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Jeremiah 5:8
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8 They were well-fed lusty stallions,
each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.(A)
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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