48 Bible Verses about commandments

This is the first and greatest commandment.

If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments and [obediently] do them,

These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai for the children of Israel.

My son, do not forget my teaching,
But let your heart keep my commandments;

“Now this is the command; the statutes and the judgments (precepts) which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might do (follow, obey) them in the land which you are crossing over [the Jordan] to possess,

“If you [really] love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments.

“You shall not steal [secretly, openly, fraudulently, or through carelessness].

‘But in vain do they worship Me,
For they teach as doctrines the precepts of men.’”

The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him].”

if you listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul (your entire being).

You shall diligently keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively do] the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.

For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey].

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching [of the law] is light,
And reproofs (rebukes) for discipline are the way of life,

“For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach.

The whole Law and the [writings of the] Prophets depend on these two commandments.”

And this is how we know [daily, by experience] that we have come to know Him [to understand Him and be more deeply acquainted with Him]: if we habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings).

‘But if you do not obey Me and do not [obediently] do all these commandments,

So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to follow, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

And this is love: that we walk in accordance with His commandments and are guided continually by His precepts. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should [always] walk in love.

but showing graciousness and steadfast lovingkindness to thousands [of generations] of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

This is His commandment, that we believe [with personal faith and confident trust] in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and [that we unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, just as He commanded us.

Only be very careful and diligently observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord has commanded you to love the Lord your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your very life].”

And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him.

because Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and [consistently] kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Now the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments which I have written for their instruction.”

I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another.

So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments.

For it would have been better for them not to have [personally] known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to have turned back from the holy commandment [verbally] handed on to them.

Jesus answered, “Why are you asking Me about what is [essentially] good? There is only One who is [essentially] good; but if you wish to enter into eternal life, keep the commandments.”

And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.

For I shall delight in Your commandments,
Which I love.

“You shall not commit murder (unjustified, deliberate homicide).

And he replied to Him, “Teacher, I have [carefully] kept all these [commandments] since my youth.”

Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the message which you have heard [before from us].

When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every person.

It will be [considered] righteousness for us [that is, right standing with God] if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the Lord our God—just as He has commanded us.

Honor [esteem, value as precious] your father and your mother [and be respectful to them]—this is the first commandment with a promise—

Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God either, but walked in the customs which Israel introduced.

the blessing, if you listen to and obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today;