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The tenth Commandment Requires that envy be banished from the human Heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the Poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated Like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb. 322 Envy can Lead to the worst crimes. 323 "Through the dEvil's envy death Entered the world": 324