Shorter Catechism (71 - 80)

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Q. 71. What is required in the seventh commandment?

A. The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbor's chastity, in heart, speech, and behavior.q

(q) 1 Cor 7:2-3,5; 1 Thess 4:3-5

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Q. 72. What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?

A. The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions.r

(r) Matt 5:28; Eph 5:3-4

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Q. 73. Which is the eighth commandment?

A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.s

(s) Exod 20:15; Deut 5:19

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Q. 74. What is required in the eighth commandment?

A. The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others.t

(t) Lev 25:35; Eph 4:28; Phil 2:4

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Q. 75. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth, or may, unjustly hinder our own, or our neighbor's, wealth or outward estate.u

(u) Prov 28:19; Eph 4:28; 2 Thess 3:10; 1 Tim 5:8

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Q. 76. Which is the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.w

(w) Exod 20:16; Deut 5:20

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Q. 77. What is required in the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbor's good name,x especially in witness bearing.y

(x) Zech 8:16; Acts 25:10; 3 John 12
(y) Prov 14:5,25

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Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own, or our neighbor's, good name.z

(z) Lev 19:16; Ps 15:3; Prov 6:16-19; Luke 3:14

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Q. 79. Which is the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.a

(a) Exod 20:17; Deut 5:21

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Q. 80. What is required in the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition,b with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.c

(b) Ps 34:1; Phil 4:11; 1 Tim 6:6; Heb 13:5
(c) Luke 15:6,9,11-32; Rom 12:15; Phil 2:4


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