Q142
What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment?
The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required,812 are, theft,813 robbery,814 man-stealing,815 and receiving any thing that is stolen;816 fraudulent dealing,817 false weights and measures,818 removing land-marks,819 injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man,820 or in matters of trust;821 oppression,822 extortion,823 usury,824 bribery,825 vexatious lawsuits,826 unjust enclosures and depopulations;827 engrossing commodities to enhance the price;828 unlawful callings,829 and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking or withholding from our neighbour what belongs to him, or of enriching ourselves;830 covetousness;831 inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods;832 distrustful and distracting cares and studies in getting, keeping, and using them;833 envying at the prosperity of others;834 as likewise idleness,835 prodigality, wasteful gaming; and all other ways whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estate,836 and defrauding ourselves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given us.837
Scripture Proofs
813
James 2:15-161 John 3:17
814
Ephesians 4:28
815
Psalm 62:10
816
1 Timothy 1:10
817
Proverbs 29:24Psalm 50:18
818
1 Thessalonians 4:6
819
Proverbs 11:1Proverbs 20:10
820
Deuteronomy 19:14Proverbs 23:10
821
Amos 8:5Psalm 37:21
822
Luke 16:10-12
823
Ezekiel 22:29Leviticus 25:17
824
Matthew 23:25Ezekiel 22:12
825
Psalm 15:5
826
Job 15:34
827
1 Corinthians 6:6-8Proverbs 3:29-30
828
Isaiah 5:8Micah 2:2
829
Proverbs 11:26
830
Acts 19:19Acts 19:24-25
831
Job 20:19James 5:4Proverbs 21:6
832
Luke 12:15
833
1 Timothy 6:5Colossians 3:2Proverbs 23:5Psalm 62:10
834
Matthew 6:25Matthew 6:31Matthew 6:34Ecclesiastes 5:12
835
Psalm 73:3Psalm 37:1Psalm 37:7
836
2 Thessalonians 3:11Proverbs 18:9
837
Proverbs 21:17Proverbs 23:20-21Proverbs 28:19
838
Ecclesiastes 4:8Ecclesiastes 6:21 Timothy 5:8