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Stealing is More Than Taking
Commentators unanimously agree that "You shall not steal" extends far beyond simple theft. It condemns any action that unjustly enriches oneself at another's expense. This includes business fraud, taking advantage of someone's ignorance or need, withholding fair wages, accumulating debt without the intent to repay, and even plunder on a national scale. As John Calvin notes, God uses the blunt word "theft" to cut through any excuses or euphemisms we might use for our unjust gains.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 20:1–17
18th Century
Theologian
The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the Ten Commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; and Deuter…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 20:15
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt not steal. —Our third duty towards our neighbor is to respect his right to his property. The framers of Utopia…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 20:15–17
19th Century
Preacher
It was the tenth commandment that convicted the apostle Paul, for he says, I had not known sin except the law had said "Thou shalt not covet."<…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 20:15
16th Century
Theologian
Since charity is the end of the Law, we must seek the definition of theft from that principle. This, then, is the rule of charity: that everyone’s …
John Gill
On Exodus 20:15
17th Century
Pastor
Thou shall not steal.
Which is to take away another man's property by force or fraud, without the knowledge, and a…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 20:12–17
17th Century
Minister
The laws of the Second Table, that is, the last six of the Ten Commandments, state our duty to ourselves and to one another, and explain the great …