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Deuteronomy 5:21

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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ASV

Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor’s wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor’s.

KJV

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תַחְמֹ֖דtach.Modyou must covetH2530 →
אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife ofH802 →
רֵעֶ֑ךָ סre.'E.khaneighbor yourH7453 →
וְלֹ֨אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תִתְאַוֶּ֜הtit.'a.Vehyou must desireH183 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
רֵעֶ֗ךָre.'E.khaneighbor yourH7453 →
שָׂדֵ֜הוּsa.De.hufield hisH7704 →
וְעַבְדּ֤וֹve.'av.Doand [male] servant hisH5650 →
וַאֲמָתוֹ֙va.'a.ma.Toand female servant hisH519 →
שׁוֹר֣וֹsho.Roox hisH7794 →
וַחֲמֹר֔וֹva.cha.mo.Roand donkey hisH2543 →
וְכֹ֖לve.Kholand allH3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834 →
לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃ סle.re.'E.kha[belongs] to neighbor yourH7453 →

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Exodus 20:17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”Romans 13:9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”Genesis 49:4Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”1 Kings 21:1–4Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.1 Timothy 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.Romans 7:7–8What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!1 Kings 21:2So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”Daniel 11:37He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

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