Q. 141. What are the duties required in the eighth commandment?
A. The duties required in the eighth commandment are, truth, faithfulness, and justice in contracts and commerce between man and man; rendering to every one his due; restitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereof; giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of others; moderation of our judgments, wills, and affections, concerning worldly goods; a provident care and study to get, keep, use, and dispose of those things which are necessary and convenient for the sustentation of our nature, and suitable to our condition; a lawful calling, and diligence in it; frugality; avoiding unnecessary law-suits, and suretyship, or other like engagements; and an endeavor, by all just and lawful means, to procure, preserve, and further the wealth and outward estate of others, as well as our own.
- Psalms 15:2,4.
- Zechariah 7:4,10.
- Zechariah 8:16,17.
- Romans 13:7.
- Leviticus 6:2-5.
- Luke 19:8.
- Luke 6:30,38.
- 1 John 3:17.
- Ephesians 4:28.
- Galatians 6:10.
- 1 Timothy 6:6-9.
- Galatians 6:14.
- 1 Timothy 5:8.
- Proverbs 27:23-27.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12,13.
- 1 Timothy 6:17,18.
- Isaiah 38:1.
- Matthew 11:8.
- 1 Corinthians 7:20.
- Genesis 2:15.
- Genesis 3:19.
- Ephesians 4:28.
- Proverbs 10:4.
- John 6:12.
- Proverbs 21:20.
- 1 Corinthians 6:1-9.
- Proverbs 6:1-6.
- Proverbs 11:15.
- Leviticus 25:35.
- Deuteronomy 22:1-4.
- Exodus 23:4,5.
- Genesis 47:14,20.
- Philippians 2:4.
- Matthew 22:39.