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.”

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Exodus 20

2 songs meet this passage

  • “Your wife waters flowers, I want to kill her”

    Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) · Taylor Swift

    strains against Exodus 20:17

    The jealousy and violent fantasy toward the other woman dramatize covetousness taken to its emotional extreme, even if hyperbolic.

  • “La novia suya me pone celosa”

    Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido · KAROL G

    strains against Exodus 20:17

    The singer openly covets another woman's partner, the opposite posture of this command against desiring what belongs to another.

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