Q.136. What particular sins does the sixth commandment forbid?
A. The sixth commandment forbids: taking our own[1] or anyone else’s[2] life, except in the pursuit of public justice,[3] lawful war,[4] or necessary defense;[5] neglecting or withholding the necessary means for the preservation of life;[6] sinful anger,[7] hatred,[8] envy,[9] or desire for revenge;[10] all excessive emotions[11] and distracting anxieties;[12] intemperate eating, drinking,[13] working,[14] or playing;[15] speaking in a provocative way,[16] oppressing,[17] quarreling with,[18] hitting, or wounding others,[19] and anything else conducive to the destruction of anyone’s life.[20]
| 1 | Acts 16:28 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 1:18 | dummy text | |
| 2 | Genesis 9:6 | dummy text |
| 3 | Numbers 35:31 | dummy text |
| Numbers 35:33 | dummy text | |
| Exodus 21:14 | dummy text | |
| 5 | Exodus 22:2-3 | dummy text |
| 6 | Matthew 25:42-43 | dummy text |
| James 2:15-16 | dummy text | |
| Ecclesiastes 6:1-2 | dummy text | |
| 7 | Matthew 5:22 | dummy text |
| 8 | 1 John 3:15 | dummy text |
| Leviticus 19:17 | dummy text | |
| Proverbs 10:12 | dummy text | |
| 9 | Proverbs 14:30 | dummy text |
| 10 | Romans 12:19 | dummy text |
| 11 | Ephesians 4:31 | dummy text |
| James 4:1 | dummy text | |
| 12 | Matthew 6:31 | dummy text |
| Matthew 6:34 | dummy text | |
| 13 | Luke 21:34 | dummy text |
| Romans 13:13 | dummy text | |
| 14 | Ecclesiastes 12:12 | dummy text |
| Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 | dummy text | |
| Exodus 20:9-10 | dummy text | |
| 15 | Isaiah 5:12 | dummy text |
| 1 Peter 4:3-4 | dummy text | |
| 16 | Proverbs 15:1 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 12:18 | dummy text | |
| 17 | Ezekiel 18:18 | dummy text |
| Exodus 1:14 | dummy text | |
| Isaiah 3:15 | dummy text | |
| 18 | Galatians 5:15 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 23:29 | dummy text | |
| 19 | Numbers 35:16-18 | dummy text |
| Numbers 35:21 | dummy text | |
| 20 | Exodus 21:18-36 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 28:17 | dummy text |