Keach's Catechism · 1794

Q80. What is required in the eighth commandment?

The eighth commandment requires the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward state of ourselves and others.
Answer · Keach's Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    Proverbs 27:23

    Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

    Leviticus 25:35

    And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

    Deuteronomy 15:10

    Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

    Deuteronomy 22:14

    And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

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