Ten Commandments Exodus 20:3-17 (KJV) 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 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: 5 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; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 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. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 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: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 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. See also Deuteronomy 5:7-21 (KJV) Matthew 22:36-39 (KJV) 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 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. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Mark 12:29-31 (KJV) 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Exodus 20:3 (KJV) Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3 (AMP) You shall have no other gods before or besides Me. ONE
God- The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. god- A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. Deuteronomy 4:35, 39 (KJV) 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Psalm 83:18 (KJV) That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. 1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; TWO Exodus 20:4 (KJV) 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: Exodus 20:4 (AMP) You shall not make yourself any graven image [to worship it] or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; Idol- An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. Idolatry- The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration. Exodus 20:23 (KJV) Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. Exodus 22:20 (KJV) He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. Psalm 81:9 (KJV) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 1 Corinthians 10:7 (KJV) Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 1 Corinthians 10:14 (KJV) Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
2 Corinthians 6:16 (KJV) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. THREE Exodus 20:7 (KJV) 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. Exodus 20:7 (AMP) You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. In vain: to use the name of God with levity or profaneness; to no purpose, without effect. Profane: not sacred or holy; unclean, impure, polluted; unholy, irreligious, wicked. To treat with abuse, irreverence, or contempt; to pollute or desecrate. Leviticus 19:12 (KJV) And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. Matthew 5:34 (KJV) But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: James 5:12 (KJV) But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. Psalm 34:3 (KJV) O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. FOUR Exodus 20:8 (KJV) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8 (AMP) [Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God). Holy: hallowed, sacred, reserved from profane or common use; set apart to the service or worship of God. Genesis 2:2-3 (KJV) 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 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. Exodus 23:12 (KJV) Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exodus 31:15 (KJV) Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Matthew 12:11-12 (KJV) 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Luke 13:14-16 (KJV) 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? Nehemiah 10:31 (KJV) And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. Nehemiah 13:15 (KJV) In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. FIVE Exodus 20:12 (KJV) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 20:12 (AMP) Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you. Honor: esteem due or paid to worth, high estimation, respect, consideration, reverence, veneration. To treat with esteem or respect, to revere, to treat with deference and submission. Exodus 21:17 (KJV) And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. Proverbs 23:22 (KJV) Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Proverbs 6:20 (KJV) My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Ephesians 6:1-2 (KJV) 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Colossians 3:20 (KJV) Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Exodus 20:13 (KJV) Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:13 (AMP) You shall not commit murder. Murder: To kill with premeditated malic; to kill a human being willfully, deliberately, an unlawfully. Deuteronomy 27:25 (KJV) Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. SIX Matthew 5:21 (KJV) 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: Mark 7:21 (KJV) For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Romans 13:9 (KJV) 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. James 2:11 (KJV) For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 1 John 3:15 (KJV) Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Exodus 20:14 (KJV) Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14 (AMP) You shall not commit adultery. SEVEN Adultery: The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse; sexual infidelity by a married person. Leviticus 20:10 (KJV) And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. Proverbs 6:32 (KJV) But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Matthew 5:28 (KJV) But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Exodus 20:15 (KJV) Thou shalt not steal. Exodus 20:15 (AMP) You shall not steal. EIGHT Steal: To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully. To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation. Leviticus 19:11 (KJV) Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. Romans 13:9 (KJV) 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. Ephesians 4:28 (KJV) Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Exodus 20:16 (KJV) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Exodus 20:16 (AMP) You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor. NINE False witness: To bear false or deceitful testimony; to give untrue evidence; to testify falsely. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishonest. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical. Exodus 23:1 (KJV) Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Proverbs 19:9 (KJV) A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. Matthew 15:19 (KJV) For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: TEN
Exodus 20:17 (KJV) 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. Exodus 20:17 (AMP) You shall not covet your neighbor's house, your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's. Covet: To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). To have or indulge inordinate desire. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; used in a good sense. See 1 Corinthians 12:31 (KJV) But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. Psalm 119:36 (KJV) Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Luke 12:15 (KJV) 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. Hebrews 13:5 (KJV) 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. Colossians 3:5 (KJV) Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: