rCited from Lev. 19:18
Exodus 20:17
17 a“You shall not covet byour neighbor’s house; cyou shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”1 Kings 21:1-4
Naboth’s Vineyard
1Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in dJezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2And after this Ahab said to Naboth, e“Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.” 3But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid fthat I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” 4And Ahab gwent into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.Micah 2:2
2They covet fields and hseize them,and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
Habakkuk 2:9
9 i“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,jto kset his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
Luke 12:15
15And he said to them, l“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Romans 7:7-8
The Law and Sin
7What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, mI would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if nthe law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8But sin, oseizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. pFor apart from the law, sin lies dead.Romans 13:9
9For the commandments, q“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: r“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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