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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 81

What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

Read, reflect, and return to the Scriptures.

The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.

Scripture proofs: 1 Kings 21:4; Esther 5:13; 1 Cor. 10:10; Gal. 5:26; Jas. 3:14, 16; Rom. 7:7-8; Rom. 13:9; Deut. 5:21.

Source: The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, updated 2026, C-10.