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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 61

What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?

Read, reflect, and return to the Scriptures.

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.

Scripture proofs: Ezek. 22:26; Amos 8:5; Mal. 1:13; Acts 20:7, 9; Ezek. 23:38; Jer. 17:24-26; Isa. 58:13.

Source: The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, updated 2026, C-8.