Q60. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
The eighth commandment forbids anything that unjustly hinders or threatens our own wealth and material wellbeing, or that of our neighbor.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
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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.”
2
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.”