Westminster Shorter Catechism

Memory cards for questions 71 to 80

Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q71

What is required in the seventh commandment?

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Answer 71

The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbor’s chastity, in heart, speech and behavior.

1 Corinthians 7:2-3, 5, 34, 36; Colossians 4:6; 1 Peter 3:2

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q72

What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?

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Answer 72

The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words and actions.

Matthew 15:19; Matthew 5:28; Ephesians 5:3-4

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q73

Which is the eighth commandment?

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Answer 73

The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.

Exodus 20:15

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q74

What is required in the eighth commandment?

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Answer 74

The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others.

Genesis 30:30; 1 Timothy 5:8; Leviticus 25:35; Deuteronomy 22:1-5; Exodus 23:4-5; Genesis 47:14, 20

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q75

What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

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Answer 75

The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbor’s wealth or outward estate.

Proverbs 21:17; Proverbs 23:20-21; Proverbs 28:19; Ephesians 4:28

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q76

Which is the ninth commandment?

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Answer 76

The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Exodus 20:16

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q77

What is required in the ninth commandment?

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Answer 77

The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbor’s good name, especially in witness-bearing.

Zechariah 8:16; 3 John 1:12; Proverbs 14:5, 25

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q78

What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?

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Answer 78

The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbor’s good name.

1 Samuel 17:28; Leviticus 19:16; Psalm 15:3

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q79

Which is the tenth commandment?

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Answer 79

The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

Exodus 20:17

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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q80

What is required in the tenth commandment?

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Answer 80

The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

Hebrews 13:5; 1 Timothy 6:6; Job 31:29; Romans 12:15; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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