Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary: 73

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Does the eighth commandment concern our own and our neighbour’s wealth and outward estate? Yes: for the earth God has given to the children of men,

Ps. 115:16

. Is it necessary there should be such a command? Yes: for every brother will utterly supplant,

Jer. 9:4

Is robbing God the worst theft? Yes: Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me,

Mal. 3:8–9

. And is justice to God the highest justice? Yes: Render to God the things that are God’s,

Matt. 22:21

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Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary on Question 73