What Does the Bible Say About Covet?

Luke 12:15 ESV / 46 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you 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 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 29 helpful votes

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 24 helpful votes

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Romans 13:8-10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For 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.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Deuteronomy 5:21 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“‘And you shall not covet your neighbor's wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.’

James 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.

James 2:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

1 Corinthians 13:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Isaiah 14:13-14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’

Ecclesiastes 5:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.

Deuteronomy 7:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

2 Corinthians 12:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

John 8:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Matthew 22:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Hosea 3:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”

Isaiah 28:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the Lord will speak to this people,

Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

Deuteronomy 5:1-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today. The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, while I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord. For you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said: ...

Genesis 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Jude 1:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

1 Timothy 6:17-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

Romans 13:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For 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.”

Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

1 Peter 2:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Galatians 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

39 Bible Verses about Covet

Luke 12:15 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:8-10 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 5:21 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 5:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 14:13-14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 5:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 7:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 12:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 22:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:9-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 3:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 28:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 5:1-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 6:17-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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