Covet means to desire, to long for, especially for something belonging to another person. A covetous person is one who is inordinately desirous to obtain for his own use the property of someone else. This applies to all the possessions of another, his lands, his cattle, his wife, or his servants, or "anything that is thy neighbor's." The man who attempts to deprive another of his legal rights by clandestine or unjustifiable means cannot excuse his actions when this law is considered. "Thou shalt not," is the bold assertion of the Great Law Giver, because He knows that crime and folly often emerge from an uncontrolled desire to obtain, or the longing for that which is forbidden.