Coveting (Tenth Commandment) - HC 113

The Tenth Commandment

Heidelberg Catechism 113

113. What does the tenth Commandment require?

That not even the least inclination or thought against any commandment of God ever enter our heart, but that with our whole heart we continually hate all sin and take pleasure in all righteousness.

Coveting is any discontentment with God and his will and leads to the breaking of all other commandments.

I. Where it Comes from and Where it Leads

A. What Coveting Is

B. What Drives Coveting

C. Coveting and the other Commandments

II. Hope for the Covetous

A. Changing Your Focus

B. Where We Learn This