### 106. Q. Does this commandment refer only to murder?

**A**. By forbidding murder God teaches us that he hates the root of murder: envy, hatred, anger, vengefulness.<sup>1</sup> In God’s sight all such are disguised forms of murder.<sup>2</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Prov. 14:30](/get-passage/Proverbs+14:30); [Rom. 1:29](/get-passage/Romans+1:29); [12:19](/get-passage/Romans+12:19); [Gal. 5:19-21](/get-passage/Galatians+5:19-21); [1 John 2:9-11](/get-passage/1+John+2:9-11)
<sup>2</sup> [1 John 3:15](/get-passage/1+John+3:15)