What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment?

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The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving anything that is stolen; fraudulent dealing, false weights and measures, removing land marks, injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man, or in matters of trust; oppression, extortion, usury, bribery, vexatious lawsuits, unjust enclosures and depopulations; engrossing commodities to enhance the price; unlawful callings, and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking or withholding from our neighbor what belongs to him, or of enriching ourselves; covetousness; inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods; distrustful and distracting cares and studies in getting, keeping, and using them; envying at the prosperity of others; as likewise idleness, prodigality, wasteful gaming; and all other ways whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estate, and defrauding ourselves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given us.

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  • The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, (James 2:15–16; 1 John 3:17)
  • are, theft, (Ephesians 4:28)
  • robbery, (Psalm 62:10)
  • man-stealing, (1 Timothy 1:10)
  • and receiving anything that is stolen; (Proverbs 29:24; Psalm 50:18)
  • fraudulent dealing, (1 Thessalonians 4:6)
  • false weights and measures, (Proverbs 11:1)
  • removing land marks, (Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 23:10)
  • injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man, (Amos 8:5; Psalm 37:21)
  • or in matters of trust; (Luke 16:10–12)
  • oppression, (Ezekiel 22:29; Leviticus 25:17)
  • extortion, (Matthew 23:25; Ezekiel 22:12)
  • usury, (Psalm 15:5)
  • bribery, (Job 15:34)
  • vexatious lawsuits, (1 Corinthians 6:6–8; Proverbs 3:29–30)
  • unjust enclosures and depopulations; (Isaiah 5:8; Micah 2:2)
  • engrossing commodities to enhance the price; (Proverbs 11:26)
  • unlawful callings, (Acts 19:19, 24–25)
  • and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking or withholding from our neighbor what belongs to him, or of enriching ourselves; (Job 20:19; James 5:4; Proverbs 21:6)
  • covetousness; (Luke 12:15)
  • inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods; (1 Timothy 6:5; Colossians 3:2; Proverbs 23:5; Psalm 62:10)
  • distrustful and distracting cares and studies in getting, keeping, and using them; (Matthew 6:25, 31, 34; Ecclesiastes 5:12)
  • envying at the prosperity of others; (Psalms 73:3; 37:1, 7)
  • as likewise idleness, (2 Thessalonians 3:11; Proverbs 18:9)
  • prodigality, wasteful gaming; and all other ways whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estate, (Proverbs 21:17; 23:20–21; 28:19)
  • and defrauding ourselves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given us. (Ecclesiastes 4:8; 6:2; 1 Timothy 5:8)