Thou shalt not covet
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"Thou shalt not covet" is the most common translation of one of the Ten Commandments or Decalogue, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholar
The Book Exodus with the commentary of Abraham ibn Ezra, Naples 1488
Detail: Luxuria (Lust), in The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, by Hieronymus Bosch
1909 painting The Worship of Mammon, the New Testament representation and personification of material greed, by Evelyn De Morgan.
"Tenth Commandment", Harpers Weekly, March 12, 1870
Greed
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Greed is an insatiable desire for material gain or social value, such as status or power sometimes at the expense of others in the community.
Thou shalt not covet
…instruction respectful of the truth, the qualities of the heart, and the moral and spiritual dignity of man." Catholic teaching on the prohibition of greed and envy center around Christ's admonishments to desire and store up treasure in Heaven rather than on Earth, "For where your treasure is, there'll…
Shakespeare Sacrificed: Or the Offering to Avarice by James Gillray
The Father and Mother by Boardman Robinson depicting War as the offspring of Greed and Pride
Jacques Callot, Greed, probably after 1621