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"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."

— The Bible

From Book of Exodus (p. 20:17)

Context: The 10th Commandment (Protestant numbering). Exodus 20:17, King James Version. The prohibition on coveting another's possessions — directly relevant to the critique of envy-driven redistribution in Austrian and liberal economic thought.

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