第十誡與前九誡有很大的差別：前面幾誡與行為有關，而第十誡規定的是思想。
The One Thought You Should Never Have
There is only one commandment that prohibits a thought, and it is this: "Do Not Covet." Why does the Bible, which is preoccupied with behavior, legislate a thought? Because to covet, to want what belongs to someone else, is the root of the preceding four commandments and often leads to evil. Before someone murders, steals, lies, or commits adultery, the desire to take what is rightly someone else's usually comes first.
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To covet is much more than “to want". The Hebrew verb lachmod means to want to the point of seeking to take away and own -- something that belongs to another person. Note that there are two operative elements here: “seeking to own" and “belongs to another person." “Seeking to own" does not mean just envying or, in the case of your neighbor’s spouse, just lusting after. Neither envy nor lust is prohibited in the Ten Commandments. Uncontrolled envy and lust can surely lead to bad things, and they can both be psychologically and emotionally destructive, but neither one is prohibited in the Ten Commandments. Why? Because neither is the same as coveting. It is coveting that almost inevitably leads to stealing, to adultery, and sometimes even to murder.
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Food for thought: If coveting is wrong, do you think advertising expensive products is also problematic? Explain your reasoning.
