Bible verses about "covet" | Haweis

¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal: ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither rust nor canker spoil, and where thieves do not dig through and steal; ²¹ for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

⁸ Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. ⁹ For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is comprised in this word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ¹⁰ Love doeth no ill to a neighbour; the fulfilment therefore of the law is love.

¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting, have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹⁵ Then said he to them, Beware, and be on your guard against covetousness; for a man's life doth not depend on the abundance of his possessions.