Commandments - Bible Quotes & Promises

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And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ... (Exodus 20:1-26) ESV The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” (Exodus 24:12) ESV So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 34:28) ESV So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord. (Leviticus 22:31) ESV And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. (Deuteronomy 4:13) ESV Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.” (Deuteronomy 4:40) ESV “‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “‘You shall have no other gods before me. “‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. ... (Deuteronomy 5:6-21) ESV “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ ... (Matthew 5:17-22) ESV “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. (Matthew 22:36-38) ESV If you love me, you will keep my commandments. (John 14:15) ESV But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22) ESV And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. (1 John 4:21) ESV And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. (2 John 1:5) ESV And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. (2 John 1:6) ESV

Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.
--Jesus Christ

I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
--Gary Bauer – American Public Servant Born 1946

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
--Ronald Reagan – American President 1911-2004

I've traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. It's amazing if 2 percent of any congregation knows the Ten Commandments.
--Randall Terry – American Celebrity Born 1959

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
--Zig Ziglar – American Author Born 1926

In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.
--Norman Lamm – American Educator Born 1927

Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law.
--Cecil B. DeMille – American Producer 1881-1959

Once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall.
--Randall Terry – American Celebrity Born 1959

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?
--Doug Coupland – Canadian Author Born 1961

The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law.
--Roy Moore – American Judge Born 1947

The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality.
--Pat Robertson – American Clergyman Born 1930

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.
--Edwin Louis Cole – American Author 1922-2002

'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.
--Leonard Bacon – American Clergyman 1802-1881⁶