Question 86
What is required in the tenth commandment?
The tenth commandment requires full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit towards our neighbor, and all that is hIsaiah1
Scripture
-
Hebrews 13:5 [1]Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (ESV)
-
1 Timothy 6:6 [1]But godliness with contentment is great gain, (ESV)
-
Romans 12:15 [1]Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. (ESV)
-
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 [1]Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (ESV)
-
Leviticus 19:18 [1]You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD. (ESV)