Question 80 of 114
The Duty God Requires of Man
What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
Answer
The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder our own (; ) or our neighbour's wealth or outward estate (; ; ).
Read the 5 proof texts (KJV)
- 1 Timothy 5:8
- But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
- Proverbs 28:19
- He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
- Proverbs 21:17
- He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- Proverbs 23:20-21
- 20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- Ephesians 4:28
- Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.