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A Command for the Heart
Commentators unanimously agree that this commandment is unique because it addresses the heart. While other laws forbid sinful actions, this one “strikes at the root” by forbidding sinful desires. It shows that God’s law is spiritual, concerned not just with outward behavior but with the inner thoughts and motivations that are the source of all sin.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 20:1–17
18th Century
Theologian
The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the Ten Commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; and Deuter…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 20:17
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt not covet. — This command seems to have been added in order to teach the general principle that the Law of God…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 20:15–17
19th Century
Preacher
It was the tenth commandment that convicted the apostle Paul, for he says, I had not known sin except the law had said "Thou shalt not covet."<…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 20:17
16th Century
Theologian
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. There is no question that this Commandment also extends to those that have preceded it. God had …
John Gill
On Exodus 20:17
17th Century
Pastor
You shall not covet your neighbour's house
This is the tenth and last commandment, and is an explanation of several …
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 20:12–17
17th Century
Minister
The laws of the Second Table, that is, the last six of the Ten Commandments, state our duty to ourselves and to one another, and explain the great …