Catechesis

Heidelberg Catechism

Question 106

But does this commandment speak only of killing?

Scripture

  1. Proverbs 14:30 [1]
    A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot. (ESV)
  2. Romans 1:29 [1]
    They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, (ESV)
  3. Romans 12:19 [1]
    Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” (ESV)
  4. Galatians 5:19–21 [1]
    Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. (ESV)
  5. James 1:20 [1]
    for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (ESV)
  6. 1 John 2:9–11 [1]
    Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. (ESV)
  7. 1 John 3:15 [2]
    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (ESV)