Puritan Catechism · 1855

Q58. What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?

The seventh commandment forbids all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions.
Answer · Puritan Catechism

Scripture proofs

  1. [1]
    Matthew 5:28

    But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

    Colossians 4:6

    Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

  2. [2]
    Ephesians 5:4

    Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

    2 Timothy 2:22

    Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

  3. [3]
    Ephesians 5:3

    But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

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