Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 147

Question 147

What are the duties required in the tenth commandment?

The duties required in the tenth commandment are, such a full contentment with our own condition, and such a charitable frame of the whole soul toward our neighbor, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto, and further all that good which is his.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

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Hebrews 13:5
5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

1 Timothy 6:6
6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

Job 31:29
29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

Psalms 122:7-9
7May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
8For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

1 Timothy 1:5
5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

Esther 10:3
3For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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