The eighth commandment condemns ... theft and robbery. It demands strict integrity in the minutest details of the affairs of life. It forbids overreaching in trade and requires the payment of just debts or wages.” (AH 392.1) MC VC

Mind and Character Degraded by Dishonesty—He [one who utters falsehood or practices deception] loses his own self-respect. He may not be conscious that God sees him and is acquainted with every business transaction, that holy angels are weighing his motives and listening to his words, and that his reward will be according to his works; but if it were possible to conceal his wrongdoing from human and divine inspection, the fact that he himself knows it is degrading to his mind and character. One act does not determine the character, but it breaks down the barrier, and the next temptation is more readily entertained, until finally a habit of prevarication and dishonesty in business is formed, and the man cannot be trusted. (AH 392.2) MC VC

As we deal with our fellow men in petty dishonesty or in more daring fraud, so will we deal with God. Men who persist in a course of dishonesty will carry out their principles until they cheat their own souls and lose heaven and eternal life. They will sacrifice honor and religion for a small worldly advantage. (AH 392.3) MC VC

Shun Debt—Many poor families are poor because they spend their money as soon as they receive it. (AH 392.4) MC VC

You must see that one should not manage his affairs in a way that will incur debt.... When one becomes involved in debt, he is in one of Satan’s nets, which he sets for souls.... (AH 392.5) MC VC

Abstracting and using money for any purpose, before it is earned, is a snare. (AH 392.6) MC VC