The Tenth Commandment
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"You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor's" (Ex 20:17).
"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be" (Mt 6:21).
Relationship to Ninth (2534)
By forbidding us to covet a neighbor's goods, the tenth commandment completes the ninth commandment. It also completes the seventh commandment because theft, robbery, and fraud are rooted in covetousness.