Bible verses about "coveting" | Rotherham

¹ And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon, and laid siege to Rabbah,––but, David, was remaining in Jerusalem. ² And it came to pass that, at eventide, David arose from his couch, and walked to and fro on the roof of the king’s house, when, from the roof, he saw a woman bathing herself,––the woman being exceeding beautiful to look upon. ³ And David sent and enquired after the woman,––and one said––Is not, this, Bath–sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite? ⁴ And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness,––and she returned unto her own house. ⁵ And the woman, having conceived, sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
⁶ Then sent David unto Joab, Send unto me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah unto David. ⁷ And, when Uriah had come in unto him, David asked––how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered. ⁸ Then said David unto Uriah, Go down unto thy house, and bathe thy feet. And, when Uriah went out of the house of the king, there followed him, a present from the king. ⁹ But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s house, with all the servants of his lord,––and went not down unto his own house. ¹⁰ And it was told David, saying, Uriah went not down, unto his own house. So David said unto Uriah––Was it not, from a journey, thou didst come? why, then, hast thou not been down unto thine own house? ¹¹ And Uriah said unto David––The ark, and Israel and Judah, are dwelling in huts and, my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field, are encamped, Was, I, then, to enter my own house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By thy life, yea by the life of thy soul, I could not do this thing. ¹² Then said David unto Uriah––Abide here today also, and, tomorrow, will I let thee go. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. ¹³ And David called him, and he did eat before him, and drank, and he made him drunk,––and he went forth in the evening to lie down on his bed, with the servants of his lord, but, unto his own house, went he not down.
¹⁴ And so it was, in the morning, that David wrote a letter unto Joab,––and sent it by the hand of Uriah; ¹⁵ and he wrote in the letter, saying,––Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he be smitten and die. ¹⁶ So it came to pass, when Joab was laying siege to the city, that he put Uriah in the place where he knew that the men of valour, were. ¹⁷ And forth sallied the men of the city, and fought with Joab, and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David,––then died also, Uriah the Hittite.

³³ But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,––and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

¹ Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds,––in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand. ² Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away,––and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance. ³ Therefore,––Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! devising, against this family, a calamity,––from which ye shall not remove your neck, neither shall ye walk loftily, for, a time of calamity, shall it be. ⁴ In that day, shall one take up against you a by–word, and lament a lamentable lamentation, saying––we are made, utterly desolate, the portion of my people, he passeth to others,––How doth he set me aside! To an apostate, our fields, doth he apportion. ⁵ Therefore, shalt thou have none to throw a measuring–line by lot,––in the convocation of Yahweh.
⁶ Do not sputter––So they sputter! They must not sputter as to these things, Must he not put away reproaches? ⁷ O thou who art said to be the house of Jacob, Is the spirit of Yahweh, impatient? Or are, these, his doings? Are not, his words, pleasant to him who is upright in his walk? ⁸ But, against my people, as an enemy, he setteth himself, from off the robe, they tear away, the cloak,––from such as are passing by with confidence, as men averse from war. ⁹ The wives of my people, ye do even drive out, each from the house of her darlings,––from over her children, ye do take away mine ornament, as long as life shall last. ¹⁰ Arise ye and depart, for, this, is not the place of rest,––Because it is defiled, it shall make desolate with a desolation that is ruthless. ¹¹ If there be a man, who goeth after wind, and, falsehood, hath woven, [saying]––I will discourse to thee, concerning wine and strong drink, then shall he become a fountain of discourse unto this people.
¹² I will, surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee, I will, surely gather, the remnant of Israel, at once, will I make them like sheep in distress,––Like a flock in the midst of its pasture, shall they hum with men, ¹³ One making a breach, hath gone up, before them, they have broken in, and passed through, and, by the gate, have departed,––and their king, hath passed through, before them, with, Yahweh, at their head!

²⁸ Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling,––working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have [wherewith] to be giving away to him that hath need;

²¹ Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s wife,––neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his servant, or his handmaid, his ox or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbour’s.

³³ The silver or gold or apparel of no one, did I covet: ³⁴ yourselves, acknowledge that, for my necessities and for those who were with me, hard wrought these hands! ³⁵ In all things, I gave you to understand, that, thus toiling, it behoves to be helping the weak, also to be keeping in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, that, he himself, said––Happy is it, rather to give than to receive!

³ But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you––even as becometh saints;

⁸ Moreover God is able to cause, every gracious gift, to superabound unto you, in order that, having in every thing, at every time, every kind of sufficiency of your own, ye may be superabounding unto every good work;

¹⁰ For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs.

⁷ What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! On the contrary, I had not discovered, sin, save through law, for even, of coveting, I had not been aware if, the law, had not kept on saying––Thou shall not covet;

¹⁴ But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed, ¹⁵ Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full–grown, bringeth forth death.

²⁰ And he was saying––That which, out of the man, cometh forth, that, defileth the man; ²¹ For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth,––fornications, thefts, ²² murders, adulteries, covetousnesses, knaveries, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, profane speaking, foolishness,–– ²³ all these wicked things, from within, come forth, and defile, the man.

³ Ye ask and receive not, because that, basely, ye ask, in order that, in your pleasures, ye may spend [it].

¹⁷ Thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s house,––thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything which belongeth unto thy neighbour.