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Ex:20:17: 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.
Covet means to wish for,or eagerly desire.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoThis means we should not have a desire or longing for your neighbours wife, cattle or property.
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∙ 14y agoI think that it means, you shouldn't ruin/break/destroy your neighbours items or property!
I'm not really sure..but hopefully you can get an idea of what it means.
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∙ 14y agoTo be jealous of what he owns.
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What does you shall not covet your neighbors goods mean?
You shouldn't desire the things that belong to others. Don't be jealous!it sort of means you shall not steal from them
You shall not covet your neighbors goods?
This is one of the Ten Commandments from the Bible. It means you should not envy your neighbour for what he has. It doesn't mean to not steal what is not your property--that's a different commandment. ("Thou shalt not steal" in the KJV translation)
Is covet a neighbors husband a sin?
"... nor any thing that is thy neighbor's". Yes.
What does it mean to be covet?
Covet means to desire too much.
What does covet mean in general?
One definition for the word covet is " to wish for earnestly."
What is God's tenth commandment in Exodus 34?
The tenth commandment is: You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
Does decline and covet mean the same thing?
Those words have entirely different meanings. To decline is to refuse, and to covet is to desire.
What does do not covet mean?
To covet means to wish for greatly or with envy - a painful and usually resentful awareness of another's possession or positional advantage with your desire for it. The Bible tells us not to think this way especially of someone's wife or goods (car, house, clothes, etc.).
What is you shall not covet anything that is your niehbors?
It is the 10th commandment. It's meaning is that you should not look at anything that is your neighbors and desire it to be yours. Covet implies that you are overly concerned with what is your neighbors - that you are obsessed with having what they have. This could lead to you stealing what is theirs' or doing something else amoral in order to obtain what rightfully belongs to them. It also means that you need to be minding your own business and taking care of your own and not being concerned with what others have.
What does in general mean?
One definition for the word covet is " to wish for earnestly."
Does Mongolia get along with its neighbors?
Yes, the sell goods between them all the time.
What do you do when your neighbors are very mean to you?
be mean to them
