Question 77 of 114
The Duty God Requires of Man
What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?
Answer
The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions (; ; ).
Read the 3 proof texts (KJV)
- Matthew 15:19
- For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
- Matthew 5:28
- But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Ephesians 5:3-4
- 3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.