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COVET, COVETOUSNESS

See also Desire; Envy; Greed; Jealousy; Lust

Ex. 20: 17(Rom. 7: 7; Mosiah 13: 24) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house.
Deut. 5: 21(D&C 19: 25) neither shalt thou covet . . . any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Prov. 21: 26He coveteth greedily all the day.
Prov. 28: 16he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Isa. 56: 11they are greedy dogs which can never have enough.
Jer. 6: 13every one is given to covetousness.
Micah 2: 2they covet fields, and take them by violence.
Hab. 2: 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness.
Luke 12: 15(Luke 12: 15-21) beware of covetousness.
Acts 20: 33have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
Rom. 13: 9Thou shalt not covet.
1 Cor. 12: 31covet earnestly the best gifts.
1 Cor. 14: 39covet to prophesy.
Col. 3: 5covetousness, which is idolatry.
1 Thes. 2: 5nor a cloke of covetousness.
1 Tim. 6: 10money . . . which while some coveted after, they have erred.
2 Tim. 3: 2men shall be . . . covetous.
Heb. 13: 5Let your conversation be without covetousness.
1 Ne. 3: 25when Laban saw our property . . . he did lust after it.
Alma 39: 9go no more after the lusts of your eyes.
D&C 19: 26thou shalt not covet thine own property.
D&C 56: 17eyes are full of greediness.
D&C 88: 123cease to be covetous, learn to impart one to another.
D&C 104: 4(D&C 104: 52) broken the covenant through covetousness.
D&C 136: 20covet not that which is thy brother’s.

See also Gen. 12: 14; 2 Sam. 11: 2; Isa. 5: 8; Mark 7: 22; 1 Cor. 5: 10; 1 Ne. 22: 23; Morm. 9: 28; D&C 25: 10; D&C 49: 20; Moses 5: 33, 38.

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