Q. 61. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
Question. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
Answer. The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations.
Proofs.
- [a] Neh. 13:15-22; Isa. 58:13-14; Amos 8:4-6
Source and provenance
Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 61, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: AMO.8.4-AMO.8.6, ISA.58.13-ISA.58.14, NEH.13.15-NEH.13.22
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