Day 40 • Question 106
106
Does
this
commandment
speak
only
of
killing
with
the
sword?
No.
By
forbidding
murder
God
teaches
us
that
he
abhors
the
root
of
murder,
such
as
envy,
hatred,
anger,
and
desire
for
revenge,
and
that
he
regards
all
these
as
hidden
murder.
1
Footnote 1
Genesis 4:8
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Matthew 5:21-22
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.