Keach's Catechism · 1794

Q86. What is required in the tenth commandment?

The tenth commandment requires full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit towards our neighbor, and all that is his.
Answer · Keach's Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    Hebrews 13:5

    Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

    1 Timothy 6:6

    But godliness with contentment is great gain.

    Romans 12:15

    Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

    1 Corinthians 13:4-7

    Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; …

    Leviticus 19:18

    Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

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