The Ten Commandments

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt not kill.

And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Thou shalt not steal.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.

I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. — read the full passage →

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

And God spake all these words, saying,

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. — read the full passage →

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. — read the full passage →

And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. — read the full passage →

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. — read the full passage →

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — read the full passage →

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: — read the full passage →

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

Master, which is the great commandment in the law? — read the full passage →

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. — read the full passage →

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: — read the full passage →

These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

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 manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? — read the full passage →

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: — read the full passage →

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? — read the full passage →

Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. — read the full passage →

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.