Westminster Shorter Catechism
Memory cards for questions 71 to 80
Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q71
What is required in the seventh commandment?
frontAnswer 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
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q72
What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?
frontAnswer 72
The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words and actions.
Matthew 15:19; Matthew 5:28; Ephesians 5:3-4
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q73
Which is the eighth commandment?
frontAnswer 73
The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.
Exodus 20:15
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q74
What is required in the eighth commandment?
frontAnswer 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
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q75
What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
frontAnswer 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
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q76
Which is the ninth commandment?
frontAnswer 76
The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Exodus 20:16
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q77
What is required in the ninth commandment?
frontAnswer 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
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q78
What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?
frontAnswer 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
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q79
Which is the tenth commandment?
frontAnswer 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
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q80
What is required in the tenth commandment?
frontAnswer 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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