1. 9th Commandment Meaning
(NIV)
We should fear and love God so that we do not scheme to get our neighbor’s inheritance or house, or get it in a way which only appears right, but help and be of service to him in keeping it.
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2. 10th Commandment Meaning
(NIV)
We should fear and love God so that we do not entice or force away our neighbor’s wife, workers, or animals, or turn them against him, but urge them to stay and do their duty.
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3. 10th Commandment
(NIV)
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his man servant or his maidservant, his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
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5. The Close of the Commandments
(NIV)
He says, “I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.”
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6. The Meaning of the Close of the Commandments
(NIV)
God threatens to punish all who break these commandments. Therefore, we should fear His wrath and not do anything against them. But He promises grace and every blessing to all who keep these commandments. Therefore, we should also love and trust in Him and gladly do what He commands.
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