The Ten Commandments from the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy, the commandment of love, and Scripture passages about keeping the commandments.
9 Scripture Passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
Exodus 20:1–17
1 And God spoke all these words, saying: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before Me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol or any image of anything that is in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation, of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands of generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. 7 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave unpunished anyone who takes His name in vain. 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy; 9 six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God: you shall not do any work on it, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor [your ox, nor your donkey, nor any] of your livestock, nor the foreigner who is within your gates; 11 for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them, and on the seventh day He rested; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 12 Honor your father and your mother, [so that it may go well with you and] so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, [or his field,] or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, [or any of his livestock,] or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Deuteronomy 5:6–21
6 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 7 you shall have no other gods before Me. 8 You shall not make for yourself an idol or any image of anything in heaven above or on earth below or in the waters beneath the earth, 9 you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, 10 but showing mercy to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. 11 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses His name. 12 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you; 13 six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You shall not do any work on it, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the foreigner residing within your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do; 15 and remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, but the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy. 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 17 You shall not murder. 18 You shall not commit adultery. 19 You shall not steal. 20 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. 21 You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, his male servant or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Matthew 22:36–40
36 Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said to him: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
Matthew 5:17–19
17 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. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the least stroke of a letter will pass from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore, whoever breaks 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 practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
John 14:15
If you love Me, keep My commandments.
Romans 13:8–10
8 Owe no one anything except mutual love, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments “You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, [you shall not bear false witness,] you shall not covet what belongs to another” and any other commandment are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to one’s neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Deuteronomy 6:4–9
4 Israel, listen: the Eternal is our God, the Eternal alone; 5 and love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 Let these words that I command you today be in your heart [and in your soul]; 7 impress them on your children and speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you rise; 8 tie them as a sign on your hand, and let them be as a band on your forehead, 9 and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
James 2:10–11
10 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at one point becomes guilty of all of it. 11 For the same One who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” Therefore, if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
