Question 71
What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?
The fifth commandment forbids the neglecting of, or doing anything against the honor and duty which belongs to every one in their several places and relations.1
Scripture
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Proverbs 30:17 [1]The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures. (ESV)
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Romans 13:7–8 [1]Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. Fulfilling the Law Through Love Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. (ESV)