The duties required in the tenth commandment are, such a full contentment with our own condition,[1] and such a charitable frame of the whole soul toward our neighbor, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto, and further all that good which is his.[2]
- Heb. 13:5
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
I Tim. 6:6Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment….
- Job 31:29
If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
Psa. 122:7-9
or exulted when evil overtook him….Peace be within your walls
I Tim. 1:5
and security within your towers!”
For my brothers and companions’ sake
I will say, “Peace be within you!”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Est. 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popula/r with the multitude of his brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.
I Cor. 13:4-7Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Question 147, Westminster Larger Catechism