Melville Divinity Hall
Q. 106 · Lord’s Day 40

Does this commandment refer only to murder?

Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source

By forbidding murder God teaches us that he hates the root of murder: envy, hatred, anger, vindictiveness. In God’s sight all such are disguised forms of murder.

Scripture proofs
1
Prov. 14:30; Rom. 1:29; 12:19; Gal. 5:19-21; 1 John 2:9-11
2
1 John 3:15