“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Honor to parents includes reverent respect shown outwardly, obedience to their lawful commands, submission to their correction, and, especially, maintaining them in their old age if they need support. True religion and honesty must go together; godliness divorced from duty to those nearest us is not godliness at all.
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Commenting on Exodus 20:12-17
The commandments against murder, theft, and false witness prohibit the deed itself; but the final word against coveting moves from action to desire, proving that the heart must be sanctified, not merely the behavior. Life stands first because it is the basis of human existence, in the life, the image of God is attacked and must be protected.
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Commenting on Exodus 20:13-17
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings,.... That is, they heard the one, and saw the other; they heard the dreadful volleys of thunder, and saw the amazing flashes of lightning, which were like lamps and torches, as the word used signifies; by a communication of senses, one sense is put for another, and the sense of sight being the principal, as...