Question 60 of 82
The Ten Commandments
What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
Answer
The eighth commandment forbids whatever will or may unjustly hinder our own (; ; ), or our neighbour's wealth, or outward estate ().
Read the 4 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 21:6
- The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
- 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.