Standard #8

Don’t Steal

15 Thou shalt not steal.

We may think of stealing as the act of taking something that is not ours.

The commandment can also be seen in taking advantage of our neighbor in not working our just due in employment, or not paying what is properly owed for labour provided.

It is not restoring what was borrowed, or repaying what was lent. It is taking advantage of people financially when you know that they may have no choice.

Worst of all, it is taking money from the public purse which is delegated for the benefit of the neediest.

Do not take what is not yours

Exodus 20:15