Deuteronomy 5:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is your neighbour's.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 13:9 : 9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Exod 20:17 : 17 Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.
  • 1 Kgs 21:1-4 : 1 Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria. 2 And Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vine-garden so that I may have it for a garden of sweet plants, for it is near my house; and let me give you a better vine-garden in exchange, or, if it seems good to you, let me give you its value in money. 3 But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers. 4 So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.
  • Mic 2:2 : 2 They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
  • Hab 2:9 : 9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
  • Rom 7:7-8 : 7 What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's. 8 But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 20:14-17
    4 verses
    94%

    14 Do not be false to the married relation.

    15 Do not take the property of another.

    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

    17 Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

  • Deut 5:17-20
    4 verses
    85%

    17 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

    18 Do not be false to the married relation.

    19 Do not take the property of another.

    20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

  • Lev 18:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    18 And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

    19 And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.

    20 And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

  • Rom 13:9
    74%

    9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Deut 5:22
    73%

    22 These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.

  • Prov 6:29
    73%

    29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

  • Lev 19:11
    73%

    11 Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

  • Matt 5:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

    28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

  • Deut 19:14
    72%

    14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Lev 20:10
    72%

    10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

  • Lev 19:18
    72%

    18 Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

  • Ezek 18:15
    72%

    15 Who has not taken the flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel, and has not had connection with his neighbour's wife,

  • Deut 5:14
    72%

    14 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.

  • Deut 7:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25 The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:

    26 And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.

  • Prov 6:25
    71%

    25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 You are to have no other gods but me.

    8 You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:

  • Num 5:11-13
    3 verses
    70%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses,

    12 Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him

    13 By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • Deut 28:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30 You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

    31 Your ox will be put to death before your eyes, but its flesh will not be your food: your ass will be violently taken away before your face, and will not be given back to you: your sheep will be given to your haters, and there will be no saviour for you.

  • Matt 19:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

    19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Num 5:29
    70%

    29 This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;

  • Deut 22:10
    70%

    10 Do not do your ploughing with an ox and an ass yoked together.

  • Lev 19:13
    70%

    13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

  • Lev 25:14
    70%

    14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Ezek 18:11
    70%

    11 Who has taken flesh with the blood as food, and has had connection with his neighbour's wife,

  • Exod 22:10
    70%

    10 If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:

  • Exod 20:4
    70%

    4 You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

  • Prov 3:29
    70%

    29 Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

  • Exod 20:10
    69%

    10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

  • Mark 10:19
    69%

    19 You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

  • Prov 24:1
    69%

    1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

  • Prov 25:17
    69%

    17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • Deut 17:17
    69%

    17 And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

  • Deut 5:11
    69%

    11 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.

  • Deut 21:11
    69%

    11 If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;

  • Exod 23:12
    69%

    12 For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.