Q.142. What particular sins does the eighth commandment forbid?
A. In addition to failing to do what is required,[1] the eighth commandment forbids: theft,[2] robbery,[3] kidnapping,[4] and receiving stolen goods;[5] fraud,[6] dishonest scales or measures,[7] removing boundary markers,[8] injustice or bad faith in our contractual relationships[9] or trust agreements;[10] oppression,[11] extortion,[12] usury,[13] bribery,[14] harassing lawsuits,[15] and unjust expropriation and dispossession of others’ land;[16] hoarding goods to increase their price,[17] illegal work or activities,[18] and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking, withholding, or enriching ourselves from what belongs to others;[19] avarice;[20] excessive attachment to or display of our worldly goods;[21]The Larger Catechism allowing ourselves to become distracted from tr usting God in the way that we acquire, maintain, and use worldly goods;[22] envying the prosperity of others;[23] and also laziness,[24] extravagance, wasteful gambling, and all the other ways that needlessly jeopardize our money and possessions[25] and defraud ourselves of the use and comfort of the things God has given us.[26]
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| 1 John 3:17 | dummy text | |
| Proverbs 23:21 | dummy text | |
| 2 | Ephesians 4:28 | dummy text |
| 3 | Psalms 62:10 | dummy text |
| 4 | 1 Timothy 1:10 | dummy text |
| Exodus 21:16 | dummy text | |
| 5 | Proverbs 29:24 | dummy text |
| Psalms 50:18 | dummy text | |
| 6 | 1 Thessalonians 4:6 | dummy text |
| 7 | Proverbs 11:1 | dummy text |
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| 8 | Deuteronomy 19:14 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 23:10 | dummy text | |
| 9 | Amos 8:5 | dummy text |
| Psalms 37:21 | dummy text | |
| 10 | Luke 16:10-12 | dummy text |
| 11 | Ezekiel 22:29 | dummy text |
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| 12 | Matthew 23:25 | dummy text |
| Ezekiel 22:12 | dummy text | |
| 13 | Psalms 15:5 | dummy text |
| 14 | Job 15:34 | dummy text |
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| 15 | 1 Corinthians 6:6-8 | dummy text |
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| 16 | Isaiah 5:8 | dummy text |
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| 17 | Proverbs 11:26 | dummy text |
| 18 | Acts 19:19 | dummy text |
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| 19 | Job 20:19 | dummy text |
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| 20 | Luke 12:15 | dummy text |
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| 21 | 1 Timothy 6:5 | dummy text |
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| Psalms 62:10 | dummy text | |
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| 22 | Matthew 6:25 | dummy text |
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| 23 | Psalms 73:3 | dummy text |
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| James 5:9 | dummy text | |
| 24 | 2 Thessalonians 3:11 | dummy text |
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| 25 | Proverbs 21:17 | dummy text |
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| 26 | Ecclesiastes 4:8 | dummy text |
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