The Westminster Larger Catechism on the Tenth Commandment

Q. 146. Which is the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.¹

1. Exod. 20:17

Q. 147. What are the duties required in the tenth commandment?

A. The duties required in the tenth commandment are, such a full contentment with our own condition,¹ and such a charitable frame of the whole soul toward our neighbor, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto, and further all that good which is his.²

1. Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:6
2. Job 31:29; Psa. 122:7-9; 1 Tim. 1:5; Est. 10:3; 1 Cor. 13:4-7

Q. 148. What are the sins forbidden in the tenth commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the tenth commandment are, discontentment with our own estate;¹ envying² and grieving at the good of our neighbor,³ together with all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.⁴

1. 1 Kings 21:4; Est. 5:13; 1 Cor. 10:10
2. Gal. 5:26; James 3:14, 16
3. Psa. 112:9-10; Neh. 2:10
4. Rom. 7:7-8; Rom. 13:9; Col. 3:5; Deut. 5:21