53 Bible Verses about Commands, in NT

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Matthew 22:36-40

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? And Jesus said to him, Thou shall love Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the first and great commandment.read more.
And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law, and the prophets.

Mark 12:28-31

And one of the scholars having come, having heard them disputing, knowing that he had answered them well, he questioned him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, thou Israel, Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole mind, and from thy whole strength. This is the first commandment.read more.
And this second is similar, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Matthew 15:3

And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition?

Mark 7:9

And he said to them, Well do ye reject the commandment of God, so that ye may keep your tradition.

Mark 7:8

For having set aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men: washings of pots and cups and many other such like things ye do.

Acts 13:46-47

But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so the Lord has commanded us: I have placed thee for a light of Gentiles, for thee to be for salvation as far as the extremity of the earth.

Titus 1:3

but in his own times he made known his word by preaching, which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

Matthew 8:26-27

And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm. But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

Mark 4:39-41

And having awaken, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Be quiet! Silence! And the wind ceased, and it became a great calm. And he said to them, Why are ye cowardly this way? How have ye no faith? And they feared a great fear, and said to each other, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea also obey him?

Luke 8:24-25

And having approached, they awoke him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing. And having risen, he rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm. And he said to them, Where is your faith? And having feared, they wondered, saying to each other, Who then is this man, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

Matthew 28:19-20

After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

Mark 1:25-27

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be thou muzzled, and come out of him. And the unclean spirit, having convulsed him and having cried in a great voice, came out of him. And they were all amazed, so as to question among themselves, saying, What is this? What is this new doctrine, that he commands with authority, and the unclean spirits also obey him?

Luke 4:35-36

And Jesus rebuked it, saying, Be thou muzzled, and come out of him. And the demon having thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, not having harm him. And amazement developed in all, and they spoke among each other, saying, What is this word? Because with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

Mark 5:43

And he commanded them much that no man should know this. And he said to give her to eat.

Luke 8:56

And her parents were amazed, but he ordered them to tell no man that which happened.

Mark 9:25

And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, Thou mute and deaf spirit, I command thee to come out of him, and enter into him no more.

1 Corinthians 9:14

And so the Lord commanded those who proclaim the good-news to live from the good-news.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband. But even if she separates, she shall remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to leave his wife.

1 Corinthians 14:37

If any man presumes to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge what I write to you, that they are commandments of Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For ye know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

2 Peter 3:2

to remember the sayings that were earlier spoken by the holy prophets, and of the command of your apostles of the Lord and Savior.

1 John 2:7-8

Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment that ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that ye heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is TRUE in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the TRUE light now shines.

Acts 10:48

And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to remain some days.

Acts 16:4

And as they were going through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

Acts 16:18

And she did this on many days. But Paul, after being exasperated, and having turned, he said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

2 Thessalonians 3:4

And we are persuaded in Lord toward you, that what we command you, ye both are doing and will do.

1 Timothy 1:3-5

As I urged thee, while going to Macedonia, remain in Ephesis, so that thou might command certain men not to teach something different, nor to heed myths and endless genealogies, which cause controversies rather than stewardship of God in faith. But the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and non-hypocritical faith.

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment, to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,

1 Timothy 6:13-14

I command thee in the sight of God, who makes all live, and of Christ Jesus, who testified to Pontius Pilate the good confession, that thou keep the commandment, without spot, blameless, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Acts 21:34

And some among the crowd shouted out one thing, some another. And not being able to know the certainty because of the uproar, he commanded him to be carried into the fort.

Acts 23:10

And a great conflict having developed, the chief captain, having been alarmed lest Paul might be torn apart by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from the midst of them, and bring him into the fort.

Acts 25:6

And after remaining among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.

John 11:57

Now also the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that if any man knew where he is, he should disclose it, so that they might take him.

Acts 4:15

But after commanding them to go outside of the council, they conferred among each other,

Acts 5:28

saying, Did we not command by an order for you not to teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem of your doctrine, and intend to bring upon us this man's blood.

Acts 23:2-3

And the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike his mouth. Then Paul said to him, God is going to smite thee, a whitewashed wall. Thou even sit judging me according to the law, and violating law, thou command me to be struck?

Hebrews 9:19-20

For of every commandment according to law that was spoken by Moses to all the people, after taking the blood of the calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God made for you.

Matthew 8:4

And Jesus says to him, See thou speak to no man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

Mark 1:44

And he says to him, See thou say nothing to any man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and bring for thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

Matthew 19:7-8

They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement, and to divorce her? He says to them, For your hard heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it did not happened this way.

Mark 10:3-4

And having answered, he said to them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses permitted to write a document of divorce, and to divorce her.

John 8:5

Now in the law, Moses commanded us such women are to be stoned. What therefore do thou say about her?

Romans 7:8-13

But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me every evil desire, for apart from law sin is dead. And I was alive once apart from law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And I found to me, the commandment being for life, this is for death.read more.
For sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. So the law is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Has therefore what is good become death to me? May it not happen! Instead, it is sin, so that it might be revealed, sin working death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful to extreme.

Hebrews 12:18-21

For ye have not come to a mountain being felt, and which burned with fire, and to darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of words, of which those who heard begged that a word not be added to them. For they did not bear that which was commanded, if even a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned.read more.
And so fearful was that which was made visible, that Moses said, I am terrified and trembling.

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