Q. 142. What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment?
A. The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving any thing that is stolen; fraudulent dealing; false weights and measures; removing landmarks; injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man, or in matters of trust; oppression; extortion; usury; bribery; vexatious lawsuits; unjust inclosures and depopulations; engrossing commodities to enhance the price, unlawful callings, and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking or withholding from our neighbor what belongs to him, or of enriching ourselves; covetousness; inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods; distrustful and distracting cares and studies in getting, keeping, and using them; envying at the prosperity of others; as likewise idleness, prodigality, wasteful gaming; and all other ways whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estate, and defrauding ourselves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given us.
- James 2:15,16.
- 1 John 3:17.
- Ephesians 4:28.
- Psalms 42:10.
- Psalms 62:10.
- 1 Timothy 1:10.
- Proverbs 29:24.
- Psalms 50:18.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6.
- Proverbs 11:1.
- Proverbs 20:10.
- Deuteronomy 19:14.
- Proverbs 23:10.
- Amos 8:5.
- Psalms 37:21.
- Luke 16:10-12.
- Ezekiel 22:29.
- Leviticus 25:17.
- Matthew 23:25.
- Ezekiel 22:12.
- Psalms 15:5.
- Job 15:34.
- 1 Corinthians 6:6-8.
- Proverbs 3:29,30.
- Isaiah 5:8.
- Micah 2:2.
- Proverbs 11:26.
- Acts 19:19,24,25.
- Job 20:19.
- James 5:4.
- Proverbs 21:6.
- Luke 12:15.
- 1 Timothy 6:5.
- Colossians 3:2.
- Proverbs 23:5.
- Psalms 42:10.
- Matthew 6:25,31,34.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12.
- Psalms 37:1,7.
- Psalms 73:3.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:11.
- Proverbs 18:9.
- Proverbs 21:17.
- Proverbs 23:20,21.
- Proverbs 28:19.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2.
- 1 Timothy 5:8.