GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Covet
See also Envy

As used in the scriptures, to covet is to envy someone or to have an excessive desire for something.

Thou shalt not covet, Ex. 20: 17 (Deut. 5: 21; Mosiah 13: 24; D&C 19: 25). He that hates covetousness shall prolong his days, Prov. 28: 16. They coveted fields and took them, Micah 2: 2. Beware of covetousness, Luke 12: 15. The law said, Thou shalt not covet, Rom. 7: 7. In the last days, men shall be covetous, 2 Tim. 3: 1-2. When Laban saw our property, he lusted after it, 1 Ne. 3: 25. Thou shalt not covet thine own property, D&C 19: 26. Cease to be covetous, D&C 88: 123. Do not covet that which is thy brother's, D&C 136: 20.