COVETING has a variety of shades of meaning.  It means (1) to gain dishonestly (Ex 18:21; Ez 33:31), or (2) also to wish to have more, unreasonably (Lk 12:15; 1 Thess 2:5), or (3) and inordinate love of money (Lk 16:14; 2 Tim 3:2; 1 Tim 6:10). This is a heinous sin, classed in Scriptures