Question 81: What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

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What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

The eighth commandment forbids whatsoever does or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbor's wealth or outward estate.

Scripture Proofs

Proverbs 21:17

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man.

Proverbs 28:19

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

Ephesians 4:28

Let him that stole steal no more.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter.