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Romans 3:20
For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.
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Romans 7:8
And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.
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Exodus 20:17
Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
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Deuteronomy 5:21
Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
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Romans 4:15
because the law produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
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1 Corinthians 15 56
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
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Romans 13:9
The commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not covet; and any other commandment, are summed up by this commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself.
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Psalms 19:7-12
The instruction of the LORD is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.The precepts of the LORD are right, making the heart glad; the command of the LORD is radiant, making the eyes light up.The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are reliable and altogether righteous.They are more desirable than gold— than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb.In addition, your servant is warned by them, and in keeping them there is an abundant reward.Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
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Romans 3:5
But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?
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Ephesians 5:3
But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
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Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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Romans 7:13
Therefore, did what is good become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.
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2 Samuel 11 2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing— a very beautiful woman.
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Psalms 119:96
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your command is without limit.
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Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing a pound and a quarter, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under the cloak.”
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Luke 12:15
He then told them,“ Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
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Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.
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Matthew 5:28
But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Romans 4:1
What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?
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Acts 20:33
I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
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Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused through the law were working in us to bear fruit for death.
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1 John 2 15-1 John 2 16
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For everything in the world— the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions— is not from the Father, but is from the world.
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Colossians 3:5
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
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1 Kings 21 1-1 Kings 21 4
Some time passed after these events. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard; it was in Jezreel next to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.So Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying,“ Give me your vineyard so I can have it for a vegetable garden, since it is right 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.”But Naboth said to Ahab,“ As the LORD is my witness, I will never give my ancestors’ inheritance to you.”So Ahab went to his palace resentful and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him. He had said,“ I will not give you my ancestors’ inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and didn’t eat any food.
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1 Thessalonians 4 5
not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.
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Romans 7:11
For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
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Romans 6:15
What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Absolutely not!