11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
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Thou shalt not steal.
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-18)We are taught here, I. To be honest and true in all our dealings, Lev. 19:11. God, who has appointed every man’s property by his providence, forbids by his law the invading of that appointment, either by downright theft, You shall not steal , or by fraudulent dealing, “You shall not cheat, or deal falsely.” Whatever we have in the world, we must see to it that it be honestly come by, for we cannot…
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