The meaning is that if you don't want something, then you it won't feel like you've lost it when you don't get it or no longer have it.
Covet all Lose all
You shall not covet your neighbours wife. Means you shall not have a desire to have her even in lust.
as you sow,so shall you reap
to covet another's property.
You use it like you would the word "desire" but with stronger feelings behind it. It is used biblically in the commandment "thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife" meaning that you should not lust after someone else's wife.
Covet means to desire too much.
There are plenty of ways you could use the word covet in a sentence. You could advise someone not to covet their neighbor for example.
To covet things that do not belong to you is considered a sin.
"Covet" in Tagalog is "hangad" or "inggit."
Not eyes but it is the mind that makes us covet. On the other hand, it depends on the eyes. Some eyes I do covet.
Rise is an antonym of decline. Nonpossessiveness is an antonym of covet.
One definition for the word covet is " to wish for earnestly."