Puritan Catechism · 1855

Q60. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

The eighth commandment forbids whatever does or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbour's wealth, or outward estate.
Answer · Puritan Catechism

Scripture proofs

  1. [1]
    1 Timothy 5:8

    But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

    Proverbs 28:19

    He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    Proverbs 21:6

    The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

  2. [2]
    Ephesians 4:28

    Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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