Catechism for Young Children · Question 86 of 145
What is the fourth commandment?
A.The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
What does this answer mean?
The fourth commandment is, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' God gives six days for work and sets apart one day of rest for the whole household. He points to his own example: he made the world in six days and rested on the seventh.
What can we ask our children?
- What is the fourth commandment?
- How many days are for work?
- Whose example do we follow when we rest?
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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).
Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.