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The Eighth Commandment You shall not steal The Commandment God is sovereign in the disposition of blessings, and He calls each of us to exercise proper stewardship over what He has entrusted to us, and to respect and preserve the…
The Seventh Commandment 7.4 Regulate divorce Divorce is permitted under certain conditions of indecency. Deuteronomy 24:1-4 “‘When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency…
The Seventh Commandment Leviticus 18:23 “And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion.” Exodus 22:19 “Whoever lies…
The Seventh Commandment Leviticus 19:29 “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.” Leviticus 18:22 “You shall not lie with a male as with a…
The Seventh Commandment Deuteronomy 22:23, 24 “If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall…
The Seventh Commandment 7.3 Do not commit other unlawful relations Do not allow those practices that cheapen sexuality and threaten the integrity and lawful purposes of sexual activity. Leviticus 20:14 “If a man takes a woman and her mother also,…
The Sixth Commandment Numbers 35:22-29 “But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that…
The Sixth Commandment 6.3 Protect the lives of others Human life is valuable because it bears the image of God. We must guard against any eruption of affection or error of judgment that might bring unjust harm to others or…
The Sixth Commandment Leviticus 24:17-23 “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Whoever takes an animal’s life shall make it good, life for life. If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be…
The Sixth Commandment Exodus 21:22-25 “When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose…