Mic 2, 1-2 Woe to those who plan iniquity

Micah

(Mic 2, 1-2) Woe to those who plan iniquity

[1] Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches; In the morning light they accomplish it when it lies within their power. [2] They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they take them; They cheat an owner of his house, a man of his inheritance.

(CCC 2534) The tenth commandment unfolds and completes the ninth, which is concerned with concupiscence of the flesh. It forbids coveting the goods of another, as the root of theft, robbery, and fraud, which the seventh commandment forbids. "Lust of the eyes" leads to the violence and injustice forbidden by the fifth commandment (Cf. 1 Jn 2:16; Mic 2:2). Avarice, like fornication, originates in the idolatry prohibited by the first three prescriptions of the Law (Cf. Wis 14:12). The tenth commandment concerns the intentions of the heart; with the ninth, it summarizes all the precepts of the Law.