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title: "Question 81: What is forbidden in the tenth commandment? | Westminster Shorter Catechism"
description: "Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 81: What is forbidden in the tenth commandment? The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and"
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source: "https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=168"
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# Question 81: What is forbidden in the tenth commandment? | Westminster Shorter Catechism

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.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=168)

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- [Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 19: Of the Law of God](https://ctkrp.org/confession/chapter-19-law-of-god/)
- [Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 39: What is the duty which God requireth of man?](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-39-what-is-the-duty-which-god-requireth-of-man/)
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- [Question 80](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-80-what-is-required-in-the-tenth-commandment/)
- [Question 82](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-82-is-any-man-able-perfectly-to-keep-the-commandments/)

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