WSC 75
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q75. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth, or may, unjustly hinder our own, or our neighbour's, wealth or outward estate.
Proof texts
- Prov. 21:17 — [17] Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
- Prov. 23:20-21 — [20] Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, [21] for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.
- Prov. 28:19 — [19] Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
- Eph. 4:28 — [28] Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Prov. 21:17 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- 4 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
- WLC Q100 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- WLC Q142 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?