Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Commandment’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Commandment’ occurs 206 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 26:5 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed the ceremonies and the laws.”Genesis 26:5
Number of the word / term Commandment in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 6:13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and he gave them a commandment for the sons of Israel, and for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, that they should lead the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt.Exodus 6:13
Exodus 16:28 Then the Lord said to Moses: “How long will you be unwilling to keep my commandments and my law?Exodus 16:28
Exodus 24:12 Then the Lord said to Moses: “Ascend to me on the mountain, and be there. And I will give to you tablets of stone, and the law and the commandments that I have written. So may you teach them.”Exodus 24:12
Exodus 40:21 And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.Exodus 40:21
Number of the word / term Commandment in Exodus: 4
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 4:2 Say to the sons of Israel: The soul which will have sinned through ignorance, and concerning any of the commandments of the Lord that he instructed not to be done, if anything at all has been done:Leviticus 4:2
Leviticus 4:13 But if all the crowd of Israel will have been ignorant, and through inexperience will have done what is contrary to the commandment of the Lord,Leviticus 4:13
Leviticus 18:30 Keep my commandments. Do not be willing to do the things which have been done by those who were before you, and do not be polluted by these things. I am the Lord your God.Leviticus 18:30
Leviticus 22:31 Observe my commandments, and do them. I am the Lord.Leviticus 22:31
Leviticus 26:3 If you will walk in my precepts, and observe my commandments, and accomplish them, I will give to you rain in its time,Leviticus 26:3
Leviticus 26:14 But if you will not listen to me, nor accomplish all of my commandments,Leviticus 26:14
Number of the word / term Commandment in Leviticus: 6
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 5:6 “Say to the sons of Israel: A man or a woman, when they have done anything out of all the sins that often befall men, or if, by negligence, they have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and so have committed an offense,Numbers 5:6
Numbers 15:39 so that, when they see these, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and they may not follow their own thoughts and eyes, fornicating in various ways,Numbers 15:39
Numbers 36:13 These are the commandments and judgments which the Lord ordered by the hand of Moses to the sons of Israel, in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho.Numbers 36:13
Number of the word / term Commandment in Numbers: 3
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 4:2 You shall not add to the word which I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it. Preserve the commandments of the Lord your God which I am teaching to you.Deuteronomy 4:2
Deuteronomy 4:40 Keep his precepts and commandments, which I am teaching to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, and so that you may remain for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.”Deuteronomy 4:40
Deuteronomy 5:29 Who will grant to them to have such a mind, so that they may fear me, and may keep all my commandments at all times, so that it may be well with them and with their sons forever?Deuteronomy 5:29
Deuteronomy 5:31 But as for you, stand here with me, and I will speak to you all my commandments and ceremonies, as well as judgments. These, you shall teach them, so that they may do them in the land, which I will give to them as a possession.Deuteronomy 5:31
Deuteronomy 6:2 So may you fear the Lord your God, and keep all his commandments and precepts, which I am entrusting to you, and to your sons and grandsons, all the days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.Deuteronomy 6:2
Deuteronomy 8:1 “All the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day, take care to observe them diligently, so that you may live and be multiplied, and so that, upon entering, you may possess the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers.Deuteronomy 8:1
Deuteronomy 8:2 And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments.Deuteronomy 8:2
Deuteronomy 8:6 So may you keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.Deuteronomy 8:6
Deuteronomy 8:11 Be observant and cautious, lest at sometime you may forget the Lord your God, and neglect his commandments, as well as the judgments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day.Deuteronomy 8:11
Deuteronomy 10:13 and that you keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, which I am instructing to you this day, so that it may be well with you.Deuteronomy 10:13
Deuteronomy 11:1 “And so, love the Lord your God, and observe his precepts and ceremonies, his judgments and commandments, at all times.Deuteronomy 11:1
Deuteronomy 11:8 so that you would keep all his commandments, which I entrust to you this day, and so that you would be able to enter and possess the land, toward which you are advancing,Deuteronomy 11:8
Deuteronomy 11:13 So then, if you obey my commandments, which I am instructing to you this day, so that you love the Lord your God, and serve him with your whole heart and your whole soul,Deuteronomy 11:13
Deuteronomy 11:22 For if you keep the commandments which I am entrusting to you, and if you do them, so that you love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, clinging to him,Deuteronomy 11:22
Deuteronomy 11:27 It will be a blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am instructing to you this day.Deuteronomy 11:27
Deuteronomy 11:28 It will be a curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but instead you withdraw from the way, which I am revealing to you now, and you walk after foreign gods that you have not known.Deuteronomy 11:28
Deuteronomy 13:4 Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and listen to his voice. Him shall you serve, and to him shall you cling.Deuteronomy 13:4
Deuteronomy 19:9 (but this is only so if you will keep his commandments and do the things which I instruct to you this day, so that you love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways at all times) you shall add for yourselves three other cities, and so you shall double the number of the three cities stated above.Deuteronomy 19:9
Deuteronomy 26:13 And you shall say, in the sight of the Lord your God: ‘I have taken what was sanctified from my house, and I have given it to the Levite, and to the new arrival, and to the orphan and the widow, just as you have commanded me. I have not transgressed your commandments, nor have I forgotten your precepts.Deuteronomy 26:13
Deuteronomy 26:16 Today the Lord your God has instructed you to carry out these commandments and judgments, and to keep and fulfill them, with all your heart and with all your soul.Deuteronomy 26:16
Deuteronomy 26:17 Today, you have chosen the Lord to be your God, so that you may walk in his ways, and keep his ceremonies and commandments and judgments, and obey his command.Deuteronomy 26:17
Deuteronomy 27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel instructed the people, saying: “Keep each commandment that I instruct to you this day.Deuteronomy 27:1
Deuteronomy 27:10 You shall listen to his voice, and you shall do the commandments and justices, which I am entrusting to you.”Deuteronomy 27:10
Deuteronomy 28:1 “So then, if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all of his commandments, which I instruct to you this day, the Lord your God will cause you to be more exalted than all the nations which exist upon the earth.Deuteronomy 28:1
Deuteronomy 28:9 The Lord will raise you up as a holy people for himself, just as he swore to you, if you will keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways.Deuteronomy 28:9
Deuteronomy 28:13 And the Lord will appoint you as the head, and not as the tail. And you shall be always above, and not beneath. But only if you will listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I entrust to you this day, and will keep and do them,Deuteronomy 28:13
Deuteronomy 28:15 But if you are not willing to listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day, all these curses shall come to you, and take hold of you.Deuteronomy 28:15
Deuteronomy 28:45 And all these curses shall come to you, and shall pursue you, and shall take hold of you, until you pass away, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and you would not serve his commandments and ceremonies, which he has instructed to you.Deuteronomy 28:45
Deuteronomy 30:2 and when you will have returned to him, so as to obey his commandments, just as I have instructed you this day, with your sons, with your whole heart and with your whole soul,Deuteronomy 30:2
Deuteronomy 30:8 But you shall return, and you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God. And you shall carry out all the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day.Deuteronomy 30:8
Deuteronomy 30:11 This commandment, which I entrust to you today, is not high above you, nor has it been placed far away.Deuteronomy 30:11
Deuteronomy 30:16 so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and so that you may live, and he may multiply you and bless you in the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.Deuteronomy 30:16
Number of the word / term Commandment in Deuteronomy: 32
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 7:1 But the sons of Israel transgressed the commandment, and they usurped what was anathema. For Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took something from what was anathema. And the Lord became angry against the sons of Israel.Joshua 7:1
Joshua 11:15 Just as the Lord had instructed his servant Moses, so did Moses instruct Joshua, and he fulfilled everything. He did not omit even one word out of all the commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.Joshua 11:15
Joshua 22:5 And may you continue to observe attentively, and to work to fulfill, the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed to you, so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments, and cling to him, and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”Joshua 22:5
Joshua 22:20 Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, go against the commandment of the Lord, and so his wrath was laid over all the people of Israel? And he was only one man. If only he had perished in his wickedness alone!”Joshua 22:20
Number of the word / term Commandment in Joshua: 4
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Judges
Judges 2:17 Fornicating with foreign gods and adoring them, they quickly deserted the way along which their fathers had advanced. And having heard the commandments of the Lord, they did all things to the contrary.Judges 2:17
Judges 3:4 And he left them, so that by them he might test Israel, as to whether or not they would listen to the commandments of the Lord, which he instructed to their fathers by the hand of Moses.Judges 3:4
Number of the word / term Commandment in Judges: 2
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul: “You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the commandments of the Lord your God, which he instructed to you. And if you had not acted in this way, the Lord would, here and now, have prepared your kingdom over Israel forever.1 Samuel 13:13
Number of the word / term Commandment in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 2:43 Then why have you not kept the oath to the Lord, and the commandment which I instructed to you?”1 Kings 2:43
1 Kings 3:14 And if you will walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, just as your father walked, I will lengthen your days.”1 Kings 3:14
1 Kings 6:12 “Concerning this house, which you are building: if you will walk in my precepts, and carry out my judgments, and keep all my commandments, advancing by them, I will confirm my word to you, which I spoke to your father David.1 Kings 6:12
1 Kings 8:58 But may he incline our hearts to himself, so that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his ceremonies, and whatever judgments he commanded to our fathers.1 Kings 8:58
1 Kings 8:61 Also, may our hearts be perfect with the Lord our God, so that we may walk in his decrees, and keep his commandments, as also on this day.”1 Kings 8:61
1 Kings 9:6 But if you and your sons, wandering, will have turned away, not following me, and not keeping my commandments and my ceremonies, which I have proposed to you, but instead you go away, and you serve strange gods and adore them,1 Kings 9:6
1 Kings 11:34 But I will not take the entire kingdom from his hand. Instead, I will establish him as the ruler during all the days of his life, for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my precepts.1 Kings 11:34
1 Kings 11:38 Therefore, if you will listen to all that I will command you, and if you will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, keeping my commandments and my precepts, just as my servant David did, then I will be with you, and I will build for you a faithful house, in the way that I built a house for David, and I will deliver Israel to you.1 Kings 11:38
1 Kings 13:21 And he cried out to the man of God who had arrived from Judah, saying: “Thus says the Lord: Because you were not obedient to the mouth of the Lord, and you did not keep the commandment that the Lord your God instructed to you,1 Kings 13:21
1 Kings 14:8 and I tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and I gave it to you, yet you have not been like David, my servant, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with his whole heart, doing what was pleasing in my sight.1 Kings 14:8
1 Kings 18:18 And he said: “I have not troubled Israel. But it is you, and the house of your father, who have abandoned the commandments of the Lord, and have followed the Baals.1 Kings 18:18
Number of the word / term Commandment in 1 Kings: 11
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 17:19 But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord, their God. Instead, they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.2 Kings 17:19
2 Kings 17:34 Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.2 Kings 17:34
2 Kings 17:37 Also, the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall keep so that you do them for all days. And you shall not fear strange gods.2 Kings 17:37
2 Kings 18:6 And he clung to the Lord, and he did not withdraw from his footsteps, and he carried out his commandments, which the Lord had instructed to Moses.2 Kings 18:6
Number of the word / term Commandment in 2 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 10:13 Thus did Saul die for his iniquities, because he betrayed the commandment of the Lord which he had instructed, and did not keep it. And moreover, he even consulted a woman diviner;1 Chronicles 10:13
1 Chronicles 22:13 For then you will be able to advance, if you keep the commandments and judgments that the Lord instructed Moses to teach to Israel. Be strengthened and act manfully. You should not fear, and you should not dread.1 Chronicles 22:13
1 Chronicles 28:8 Now therefore, before the entire assembly of Israel, in the hearing of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, so that you may possess the good land, and may bequeath it to your sons after you, even forever.1 Chronicles 28:8
1 Chronicles 29:19 Also, I give to my son Solomon a perfect heart, so that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your ceremonies, and so that he may accomplish all things, and may build the temple, for which I have prepared the expenses.”1 Chronicles 29:19
Number of the word / term Commandment in 1 Chronicles: 4
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 14:4 And he instructed Judah that they should seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and that they should carry out the law and all the commandments.2 Chronicles 14:4
2 Chronicles 19:10 Every case that will come to you from your brothers, who live in their cities, between kindred and kindred, wherever there is a question concerning law, commandment, ceremonies, or justifications, reveal it to them, so that they may not sin against the Lord, and so that wrath may not overwhelm you and your brothers. Then, by acting in this way, you will not sin.2 Chronicles 19:10
Number of the word / term Commandment in 2 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 9:10 And now, our God, what should we say after these things? For we abandoned your commandments,Ezra 9:10
Ezra 9:14 so that we would not turn away and make your commandments void, and so that we would not unite in marriage with the peoples of these abominations. Could you be angry with us even to the very end, so that you would not to leave us a remnant to be saved?Ezra 9:14
Number of the word / term Commandment in Ezra: 2
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1:5 And I said: “I beg you, O Lord, God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love you and who keep your commandments:Nehemiah 1:5
Nehemiah 1:7 We have been seduced by vanity. And we have not kept your commandments and ceremonies and judgments, which you have instructed to your servant Moses.Nehemiah 1:7
Nehemiah 9:14 You revealed to them your sanctified Sabbath, and you instructed them in commandments, and ceremonies, and the law, by the hand of Moses, your servant.Nehemiah 9:14
Nehemiah 9:16 Yet truly, they and our fathers acted arrogantly, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your commandments.Nehemiah 9:16
Nehemiah 9:29 And you contended with them, so that they might return to your law. Yet truly, they acted in arrogance, and they did not listen to your commandments, and they sinned against your judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they withdrew from offering their shoulder, and they hardened their neck; neither would they listen.Nehemiah 9:29
Nehemiah 9:34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not done your law, and they have not been attentive to your commandments and your testimonies, to which you have testified among them.Nehemiah 9:34
Nehemiah 10:29 All who were able to understand, pledged on behalf of their brothers, with their nobles, and they came forward to promise and to swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he had given to the hand of Moses, the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his ceremonies,Nehemiah 10:29
Number of the word / term Commandment in Nehemiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Esther
Esther 1:15 as to what sentence should fall upon Vashti the queen, who had refused to do the commandment of king Artaxerxes, which he had delivered to her by the eunuchs.Esther 1:15
Esther 3:13 These were sent by the king’s messengers to all the provinces, so as to kill and destroy all the Jews, from children all the way to the elderly, even little children and women, on one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to plunder their goods, even their necessities. And this was the text of the letter: “Artaxerxes, the great king from India all the way to Ethiopia, to the leaders and generals of the one hundred twenty-seven provinces, which are subject to his authority, greetings. Although I have reigned over many nations and subjugated the whole world under my realm, I was by no means willing to abuse the greatness of this power, but to govern my subjects with clemency and leniency, so that they would settle into a quiet life, apart from any terror, and delight in peace, as all mortals would choose to do. Yet, in asking my counselors how this might be able to be accomplished, one who excelled the others in wisdom and fidelity, and who was second after the king, named Haman, explained to me that there was a people, scattered throughout the whole world, that used strange laws, and, acting against the customs of all peoples, despised the commandments of kings and violated the harmony of all nations with their dissension. When we had learned this, seeing one nation rebellious against all mankind, having overthrown the usefulness of laws, and going against our orders, and disturbing the peace and harmony of the provinces subject to us, we commanded that whomever Haman, who is chief over all the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honor in the place of a father, whomever he would point out should be destroyed by their enemies, with their wives and children, and that no one may take pity on them, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year, so that these guilty men, all on one day, may go down to the underworld, restoring to our empire the peace that they had disturbed.”Esther 3:13
Number of the word / term Commandment in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 78:7 So then, may they put their hope in God, and may they not forget the works of God, and may they seek his commandments.Psalm 78:7
Psalm 89:31 if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:Psalm 89:31
Psalm 103:18 with those who serve his covenant and have been mindful of his commandments by doing them.Psalm 103:18
Psalm 112:1 Alleluia. Of the return of Haggai and Zachariah. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. He will prefer his commandments exceedingly.Psalm 112:1
Psalm 119:4 You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently.Psalm 119:4
Psalm 119:6 Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments.Psalm 119:6
Psalm 119:10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments.Psalm 119:10
Psalm 119:15 I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.Psalm 119:15
Psalm 119:19 I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.Psalm 119:19
Psalm 119:21 You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed.Psalm 119:21
Psalm 119:32 I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart.Psalm 119:32
Psalm 119:35 Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.Psalm 119:35
Psalm 119:40 Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness.Psalm 119:40
Psalm 119:45 And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.Psalm 119:45
Psalm 119:47 And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved.Psalm 119:47
Psalm 119:48 And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications.Psalm 119:48
Psalm 119:60 I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments.Psalm 119:60
Psalm 119:63 I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments.Psalm 119:63
Psalm 119:66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments.Psalm 119:66
Psalm 119:69 The iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heart.Psalm 119:69
Psalm 119:73 IOD. Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.Psalm 119:73
Psalm 119:78 Let the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandments.Psalm 119:78
Psalm 119:86 All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me.Psalm 119:86
Psalm 119:87 They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments.Psalm 119:87
Psalm 119:96 I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad.Psalm 119:96
Psalm 119:98 By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity.Psalm 119:98
Psalm 119:100 I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments.Psalm 119:100
Psalm 119:104 I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity.Psalm 119:104
Psalm 119:110 Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments.Psalm 119:110
Psalm 119:115 Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God.Psalm 119:115
Psalm 119:127 Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz.Psalm 119:127
Psalm 119:128 Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way.Psalm 119:128
Psalm 119:131 I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments.Psalm 119:131
Psalm 119:134 Redeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandments.Psalm 119:134
Psalm 119:143 Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my meditation.Psalm 119:143
Psalm 119:146 I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments.Psalm 119:146
Psalm 119:159 O Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercy.Psalm 119:159
Psalm 119:166 I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandments.Psalm 119:166
Psalm 119:168 I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight.Psalm 119:168
Psalm 119:172 My tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairness.Psalm 119:172
Psalm 119:173 Let it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandments.Psalm 119:173
Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.Psalm 119:176
Number of the word / term Commandment in Psalm: 42
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 2:1 My son, if you would accept my words, and conceal my commandments within you,Proverbs 2:1
Proverbs 6:23 For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.Proverbs 6:23
Proverbs 7:2 Son, preserve my commandments, and you shall live. And keep my law as the pupil of your eye.Proverbs 7:2
Proverbs 19:16 Whoever guards a commandment guards his own soul. But whoever neglects his own way will die.Proverbs 19:16
Number of the word / term Commandment in Proverbs: 4
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 8:2 I heed the mouth of the king, and the commandment of an oath to God.Ecclesiastes 8:2
Ecclesiastes 8:5 Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.Ecclesiastes 8:5
Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.Ecclesiastes 12:13
Number of the word / term Commandment in Ecclesiastes: 3
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 29:13 And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,Isaiah 29:13
Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Your peace would have been like a river, and your justice would have been like the waves of the sea,Isaiah 48:18
Number of the word / term Commandment in Isaiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 35:16 So the sons of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have remained firm in the commandment of their father, which he instructed to them, while this people has not been obedient to me.Jeremiah 35:16
Jeremiah 35:18 Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab, your father, and have kept all his precepts, and have done all that he has instructed you,Jeremiah 35:18
Number of the word / term Commandment in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 33:15 and if that impious man returns the collateral, and repays what he has taken by force, and if he walks in the commandments of life, and does not do anything unjust, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.Ezekiel 33:15
Ezekiel 37:24 And my servant David shall be the king over them, and they shall have one shepherd. They shall walk in my judgments, and they shall keep my commandments, and they shall do them.Ezekiel 37:24
Ezekiel 38:7 Prepare and equip yourself, with all your multitude which has been assembled to you. And you shall be like a commandment to them.Ezekiel 38:7
Number of the word / term Commandment in Ezekiel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 9:4 And I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I confessed, and I said, “I beg you, O Lord God, great and terrible, preserving the covenant and mercy for those who love you and keep your commandments.Daniel 9:4
Daniel 9:5 We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we acted impiously and have withdrawn, and we have turned aside from your commandments as well as your judgments.Daniel 9:5
Number of the word / term Commandment in Daniel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Amos
Amos 2:4 Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Judah, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has rejected the law of the Lord and has not kept his commandments. For their idols, which their fathers followed, have deceived them.Amos 2:4
Number of the word / term Commandment in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Nahum
Nahum 1:14 And the Lord will place a commandment over you; nothing more from your name will be sown. From the house of your God, I will order destroyed the graven image and the molten image. I will prepare your grave, because you are not honorable.Nahum 1:14
Number of the word / term Commandment in Nahum: 1
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 2:4 And you will know that I sent you this commandment, so that my covenant might be with Levi, says the Lord of hosts.Malachi 2:4
Number of the word / term Commandment in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 5:19 Therefore, whoever will have loosened one of the least of these commandments, and have taught men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever will have done and taught these, such a one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 5:19
Matthew 15:3 But responding, he said to them: “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said:Matthew 15:3
Matthew 15:6 then he shall not honor his father or his mother.’ So have you nullified the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition.Matthew 15:6
Matthew 15:9 For in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.’ ”Matthew 15:9
Matthew 19:17 And he said to him: “Why do you question me about what is good? One is good: God. But if you wish to enter into life, observe the commandments.”Matthew 19:17
Matthew 22:36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”Matthew 22:36
Matthew 22:38 This is the greatest and first commandment.Matthew 22:38
Matthew 22:40 On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.”Matthew 22:40
Number of the word / term Commandment in Matthew: 8
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Mark
Mark 7:8 For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these.”Mark 7:8
Mark 12:28 And one of the scribes, who had heard them arguing, drew near to him. And seeing that he had answered them well, he questioned him as to which was the first commandment of all.Mark 12:28
Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him: “For the first commandment of all is this: ‘Listen, O Israel. The Lord your God is one God.Mark 12:29
Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from your whole mind, and from your whole strength. This is the first commandment.’Mark 12:30
Mark 12:31 But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”Mark 12:31
Number of the word / term Commandment in Mark: 5
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Luke
Luke 1:6 Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.Luke 1:6
Luke 15:29 And in response, he said to his father: ‘Behold, I have been serving you for so many years. And I have never transgressed your commandment. And yet, you have never given me even a young goat, so that I might feast with my friends.Luke 15:29
Luke 18:20 You know the commandments: You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony. Honor your father and mother.”Luke 18:20
Luke 23:56 And upon returning, they prepared aromatic spices and ointments. But on the Sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the commandment.Luke 23:56
Number of the word / term Commandment in Luke: 4
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book John
John 10:18 No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father.”John 10:18
John 12:49 For I am not speaking from myself, but from the Father who sent me. He gave a commandment to me as to what I should say and how I should speak.John 12:49
John 12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, the things that I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so also do I speak.”John 12:50
John 13:34 I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.John 13:34
John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.John 14:15
John 14:21 Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them: it is he who loves me. And whoever loves me shall be loved by my Father. And I will love him, and I will manifest myself to him.”John 14:21
John 14:31 Yet this is so that the world may know that I love the Father, and that I am acting according to the commandment that the Father has given to me. Rise up, let us go from here.”John 14:31
Number of the word / term Commandment in John: 7
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Acts
Acts 15:24 Since we have heard that some, going out from among us, have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, to whom we gave no commandment,Acts 15:24
Number of the word / term Commandment in Acts: 1
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Romans
Romans 7:8 But sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.Romans 7:8
Romans 7:9 Now I lived for some time apart from the law. But when the commandment had arrived, sin was revived,Romans 7:9
Romans 7:10 and I died. And the commandment, which was unto life, was itself found to be unto death for me.Romans 7:10
Romans 7:11 For sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, seduced me, and, through the law, sin killed me.Romans 7:11
Romans 7:12 And so, the law itself is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.Romans 7:12
Romans 7:13 Then was what is good made into death for me? Let it not be so! But rather sin, in order that it might be known as sin by what is good, wrought death in me; so that sin, through the commandment, might become sinful beyond measure.Romans 7:13
Romans 13:9 For example: You shall not commit adultery. You shall not kill. You shall not steal. You shall not speak false testimony. You shall not covet. And if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.Romans 13:9
Number of the word / term Commandment in Romans: 7
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 7:6 But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.1 Corinthians 7:6
1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; there is only the observance of the commandments of God.1 Corinthians 7:19
1 Corinthians 7:25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.1 Corinthians 7:25
1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone seems to be a prophet or a spiritual person, he should understand these things which I am writing to you, that these things are the commandments of the Lord.1 Corinthians 14:37
Number of the word / term Commandment in 1 Corinthians: 4
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 2:15 emptying the law of commandments by decree, so that he might join these two, in himself, into one new man, making peaceEphesians 2:15
Ephesians 6:2 Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise:Ephesians 6:2
Number of the word / term Commandment in Ephesians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 6:14 to observe the commandment, immaculately, irreproachably, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.1 Timothy 6:14
Number of the word / term Commandment in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 7:5 And indeed, those who are from the sons of Levi, having received the priesthood, hold a commandment to take tithes from the people in accord with the law, that is, from their brothers, even though they also went forth from the loins of Abraham.Hebrews 7:5
Hebrews 7:16 who was made, not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the virtue of an indissoluble life.Hebrews 7:16
Hebrews 7:18 Certainly, there is a setting aside of the former commandment, because of its weakness and lack of usefulness.Hebrews 7:18
Hebrews 9:19 For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to the entire people, he took up the blood of calves and goats, with water and with scarlet wool and hyssop, and he sprinkled both the book itself and the entire people,Hebrews 9:19
Hebrews 11:22 By faith, Joseph, as he was dying, recalled the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave a commandment concerning his bones.Hebrews 11:22
Number of the word / term Commandment in Hebrews: 5
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of justice than, after acknowledging it, to turn away from that holy commandment which was handed on to them.2 Peter 2:21
Number of the word / term Commandment in 2 Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 1 John
1 John 2:3 And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments.1 John 2:3
1 John 2:4 Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.1 John 2:4
1 John 2:7 Most beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but the old commandment, which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word, which you have heard.1 John 2:7
1 John 2:8 Then too, I am writing to you a new commandment, which is the Truth in him and in you. For the darkness has passed away, and the true Light is now shining.1 John 2:8
1 John 3:22 and whatever we shall request of him, we shall receive from him. For we keep his commandments, and we do the things that are pleasing in his sight.1 John 3:22
1 John 3:23 And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.1 John 3:23
1 John 3:24 And those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And we know that he abides in us by this: by the Spirit, whom he has given to us.1 John 3:24
1 John 4:21 And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.1 John 4:21
1 John 5:2 In this way, we know that we love those born of God: when we love God and do his commandments.1 John 5:2
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy.1 John 5:3
Number of the word / term Commandment in 1 John: 10
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book 2 John
2 John 1:4 I was very glad because I discovered some of your sons walking in the truth, just as we received the commandment from the Father.2 John 1:4
2 John 1:5 And now I petition you, Lady, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but instead that commandment which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.2 John 1:5
2 John 1:6 And this is love: that we walk according to his commandments. For this is the commandment that you have heard in the same way from the beginning, and in which you should walk.2 John 1:6
Number of the word / term Commandment in 2 John: 3
Bible passages with ‘Commandment’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was angry at the woman. And so he went away to do battle with the remainder of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony of Jesus Christ.Revelation 12:17
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patient endurance of the Saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.Revelation 14:12
Number of the word / term ‘Commandment’ in Revelation: 2
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