Bible Verses About Coveting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for coveting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 23,626 votes, led by Exodus 20:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Coveting
Exodus 20:171,160 votes
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Romans 7:7583 votes
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Deuteronomy 5:21582 votes
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
1 Timothy 6:10521 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Romans 13:9500 votes
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Ephesians 5:3468 votes
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Luke 12:15435 votes
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Ephesians 5:5369 votes
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Colossians 3:5358 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Mark 7:20-23337 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Proverbs 4:23312 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
James 4:3300 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Ephesians 4:28299 votes
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Matthew 6:19-21298 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Hebrews 13:5291 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Micah 2:2276 votes
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Matthew 5:28267 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
James 1:14-15265 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Matthew 5:27-28248 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Acts 20:33-35227 votes
I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
1 Timothy 6:6-10226 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Proverbs 21:26217 votes
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Matthew 6:33211 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Exodus 18:21207 votes
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Romans 13:8-10207 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
What does the Bible say about coveting?
Readers most often cite Exodus 20:17 on the subject of coveting. Across 23,626 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 7:7, Deuteronomy 5:21, 1 Timothy 6:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.