Question 56 of 82
The Ten Commandments
What is forbidden in the sixth commandment?
Answer
The sixth commandment forbids the taking away of our own life (), or the life of our neighbour unjustly (), or whatever tends to it ().
Read the 3 proof texts (KJV)
- Acts 16:28
- But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
- Genesis 9:6
- Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- Proverbs 24:11-12
- 11If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?