2. We are all, by nature, covetous. We all envy our neighbor and desire to obtain what belongs to him. God forbids such evil desires. Already in the Seventh Commandment we learned that our neighbor's property ought to be sacred to us because God Himself gave it to him. God does not want us even to covet it, to _desire_ to obtain it against the will of our neighbor. We should, therefore, not _craftily,_ with cunning and fraud, _seek to get our neighbor's inheritance,_ what he inherited from his parents, or his _house,_ nor try _to obtain it by a show of right,_ in such a way that it appears right before men while it is wrong in the sight of God. We should not _force or entice away our neighbor's wife, or servants, or cattle, or whatever belongs to him._ 3. The property of our neighbor should be sacred to us. Because we love him for God's sake, we should _help him and be of service to him in keeping his property._ We should urge our _neighbor's wife or servants to remain with him and do their duty towards him_ whenever we see that they are seeking to leave him. God, our heavenly Father, tells us in His Word: _"By love serve one another."_ Gal. 5,13. And furthermore He says: _"Look not every man on his own things, but ever man also on the things of others."_ Phil. 2,4. 4. God forbids us to covet our neighbor's property, all that belongs to him. _Covetousness is a sin of the heart._ God teaches us a very important lesson in these last two commandments. He teaches us that not only our evil deeds nor only our evil words are sins against the holy God, _but also our evil thoughts._ In the sight of God every desire for anything that He has forbidden in His Word is evil, is a sin, even if this sinful thought does not break out in evil words or deeds. Every lust in itself is truly a sin which God has threatened to punish. _"Thou shalt not covet,"_ is His demand. Every sinful thought, every impure desire in our heart, proves that we do not fear and love our heavenly Father as we should, that we have broken not only these two commandments, but the first also, yea, all the commandments of our Lord. 5. God demands that our hearts be holy. There should be no evil lust, no desire for any sin in our hearts, _but only a holy desire to serve our God and Father. "Ye shall be holy [without any sin], for I, the Lord, your God, am holy."_ Lev. 19,2. Our hearts should be so filled with fear and love of God and all that is good in His eyes that no evil thought, no sinful lust, can find room in them. _"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."_ Matt. 5,48.