Question 75
What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth, or may, unjustly hinder our own, or our neighbour’s, wealth or outward estate.a
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 estate.a
a. Proverbs 21:17; Proverbs 23:20–21; Proverbs 28:19; Ephesians 4:28
Proverbs 21:17
21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Proverbs 23:20–21
23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Proverbs 28:19
28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
28:19 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Ephesians 4:28
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.
4:28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
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