Bible verses about "covet" | Bishops

Matthew 6:19-21

19 Hoorde not vp for your selues, treasures vpon earth, where the moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake through, and steale 20 But laye vp for you, treasures in heauen, where neyther moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where theeues do not breake through, nor steale 21 For, where your treasure is, there wyll your heart be also

Romans 13:8-10

8 Owe nothyng to no man, but to loue one another: (For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe 9 For this: Thou shalt not commit adultrie, thou shalt not kyll, thou shalt not steale, thou shalt not beare false witnesse, thou shalt not lust: and yf there be any other commaundement, it is comprehended in this saying: Namelye, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe 10 Charitie worketh no yll to his neyghbour, therfore the fulfyllyng of the lawe is charitie.

1 Timothy 6:10

10 For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes

Exodus 20:17

17 Thou shalt not couet thy neyghbours house, neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghbours wyfe, nor his man seruaut, nor his mayde, nor his oxe, nor his asse, or whatsoeuer thy neighbour hath

Luke 12:15

15 And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth

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