Question 81
What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
The eighth commandment forbids whatsoever does or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbor's wealth or outward state.1
Scripture
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1 Timothy 5:8 [1]But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (ESV)
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Proverbs 28:19 [1]Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. (ESV)
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Proverbs 23:20–21 [1]Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. (ESV)
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Ephesians 4:28 [1]Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. (ESV)