Cross references

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exodus 20:17 BSB
  1. a Cited in Romans 7:7 and Romans 13:9

Exodus 20:17 has 37 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 29 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 13:9 (48 votes) and Luke 12:15 (18 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 32 other books, from Genesis 3 to Hebrews 13.

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Which verses does Exodus 20:17 point to?

The 20 strongest of 37, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Romans 13:948 votes

    The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  2. Luke 12:1518 votes

    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

  3. Hebrews 13:516 votes

    Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

  4. For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

  5. Romans 7:78 votes

    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

  6. But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

  7. Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

  8. Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

  9. Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

  10. They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

  11. Micah 2:27 votes
  12. nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

  13. But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  14. Job 31:95 votes

Which verses point to Exodus 20:17?

The 10 strongest of 26.