Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?
Question. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?
Answer. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own, or our neighbour's, good name.
Proofs.
- [a] Lev. 19:16; Ps. 15:3; Prov. 6:16-19; Luke 3:14
Source and provenance
Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 78, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: LEV.19.16, LUK.3.14, PRO.6.16-PRO.6.19, PSA.15.3
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