What is God’s will for you in the sixth commandment?
Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source
I am not to belittle, hate, insult, or kill my neighbor— not by my thoughts, my words, my look or gesture, and certainly not by actual deeds— and I am not to be party to this in others; rather, I am to put away all desire for revenge. I am not to harm or recklessly endanger myself either. Prevention of murder is also why government is armed with the sword.
Scripture proofs
- 1
- Gen. 9:6; Lev. 19:17-18; Matt. 5:21-22; 26:52
- 2
- Prov. 25:21-22; Matt. 18:35; Rom. 12:19; Eph. 4:26
- 3
- Matt. 4:7; 26:52; Rom. 13:11-14
- 4
- Gen. 9:6; Ex. 21:14; Rom. 13:4