Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'covet' occurs 15 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'covet' in the standard works and contain 40% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 20:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 4 14 18
Ex. 2 1 3
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 0 1 1
Ps. 0 2 2
Prov. 0 2 2
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 0 4 4
Ezek. 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 0 2 2
NT 4 19 23
BM 3 0 3
DC 4 6 10
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 15 39 54

Ex. 18:21
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:

Josh. 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

Ps. 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

Ps. 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Prov. 21:26
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Prov. 28:16
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Isa. 57:17
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

Jer. 6:13
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jer. 8:10
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jer. 22:17
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jer. 51:13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

Ezek. 33:31
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Hab. 2:9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!