Q.146. Which is the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.[a]

[a] Exod. 20:17.

Q.147. What are the duties required in the tenth commandment?

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

[b] Heb. 13:5. 1 Tim. 6:6.

[c] Job 31:29. Rom. 12:15. Ps. 122:7-9. 1 Tim. 1:5. Esth. 10:3. 1 Cor. 13:4-7.

Q.148. What are the sins forbidden in the tenth commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the tenth commandment are, discontentment with our own estate;[d] envying[e] and grieving at the good of our neighbour,[f] together with all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his.[g]

[d] 1 Kings 21:4. Esth. 5:13. 1 Cor. 10:10.

[e] Gal. 5:26. James 3:14,16.

[f] Ps. 112:9,10. Neh. 2:10.

[g] Rom. 7:7,8. Rom. 13:9. Col. 3:5. Deut. 5:21.