Which option illustrates practicing contentment rather than coveting?

• A. Taking someone else's things
• B. Envy toward others' success
• C. Contentment with one's own possessions
• D. Desiring what belongs to another person

Answer: (C)

The main idea is choosing contentment over coveting. Contentment means being satisfied with what you have and not longing for others’ possessions. The option that shows contentment with your own possessions best demonstrates this attitude, because it reflects gratitude and sufficiency rather than a restless desire for more.

Coveting, on the other hand, is desiring what belongs to someone else and often leads to envy or actions to obtain what isn’t ours. Taking someone else’s things points to theft, while envy toward others’ success shows a longing for what others have. Desiring what belongs to another person also fits coveting. So the option describing contentment with one’s own possessions is the clear example of practicing contentment rather than coveting.