1695 Baptist Catechism · 1695

Q70. What is forbidden in the fifth Commandment?

The fifth Commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing any thing against the Honor and Duty which belongeth to every one in their several Places and Relations.
Answer · 1695 Baptist Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    Matthew 15:4-6

    For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

    Ezekiel 34:2-4

    Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

    Romans 13:8

    Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.