53 Bible Verses about Commands, in NT

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

And one of the scribes coming, and hearing them questioning him, perceiving that he had answered them admirably, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? Then Jesus replied to him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel; the Lord thy God is one Lord: 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.read more.
And the second, like it, is this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: there is no greater commandment than these.

And he answering said to them, And why do you transgress the command of God, by your tradition?

And he said to them, Strangely do ye make void the command of God, that ye may observe your tradition.

For leaving the command of God, ye adhere to the tradition of men, the washings of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye practise.

Then Paul and Barnabas speaking with undaunted boldness, said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken unto you: but since ye have thrust it from you, and judged yourselves not worthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord enjoined us, "I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou mightest be for salvation unto the extremity of the earth."

These times indeed of ignorance God then overlooked; but he now commands all men in every place to repent:

who, though they know the righteous judgment of God, that they who live in such practices are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also find pleasure in the company of those who live in these practices.

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God, our Saviour, and Lord, Jesus Christ, who is our hope;

but hath manifested in his own appointed season his word by the preaching, with which I have been entrusted, according to the command of our Saviour God;

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

So this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then arising, he issued his mandate to the winds, and to the sea; and there was a great calm. And the men marvelled, saying, What a wondrous man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

And rising, he with authority charged the wind, and said to the sea, Silence! be still! And the wind subsided, and there was a great calm. And he said to them, Why are ye so timorous? How is it that ye have not confidence? And they were filled with the most reverential awe, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

Then they came and awoke him, saying, Master, Master, we are perishing. Then arising, he issued his command to the wind, and the billows of water, and they subsided, and there was a calm. And he said to them, Where is your faith? And they feared and were astonished, saying one to another, Well! what a man is this! that he commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey him.

Go therefore, make disciples among all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo! I am with you at all times even to the end of the world. Amen.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him. And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. And they were all in astonishment, so that they questioned one another, saying, What is this? what is this new doctrine? that with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him?

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Stop thy mouth, and come out of him. And the devil throwing him down into the midst, came out of him, doing him no injury. And amazement seized on all present, and they spake one to another, saying, What a word is this? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And he very strongly charged them that no person should know it; and ordered something to be given her to eat.

And her parents were struck with amazement. But he enjoined them to tell no man what was done.

Then Jesus, seeing that the multitude were running up to him, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter into him no more.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you.

So also the Lord hath commanded to those who preach the gospel, that they should live by the gospel.

And hath commanded us to proclaim to the people, and to bear our testimony that this is the person who is ordained of God the Judge of the living and the dead.

But to the married not I command, but the Lord, That the wife be not separated from the husband: and even if she should be separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

If any man thinketh that he is a prophet, or spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that the things which I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

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

to remember the words, that have been spoken aforetime by the holy prophets, and the injunction of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

Brethren, I write not a new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which is a true thing in him, and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light is now shining.

So he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord. Then they entreated him to tarry there some days.

So as they passed through the cities, they delivered to them for their observance the ordinances decreed by the apostles and presbyters that were at Jerusalem.

And this she did for several days. Then Paul was wearied out, and turning, said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour.

But we have confidence in the Lord towards you, that the things which we have enjoined you, ye both do, and will do.

As I exhorted thee to abide at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin certain persons to introduce no different doctrine, nor to attend to fables and endless genealogies, which give occasion to disputes rather than godly edification, which is by faith; [so do]. For the end of the commandment is love out of a clean heart, and good conscience, and faith unfeigned:

Announce and teach these things.

Charge the rich in this world not to be lifted up with pride, nor to trust on the stability of wealth, but on the living God, who giveth us richly all things for our enjoyment; to do good, to be rich in generous actions, to take pleasure in liberality, ready to distribute;

I conjure thee in the presence of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who witnessed that noble confession before Pontius Pilate; that thou observe this injunction spotless, irreproachable, unto the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Then some among the multitude bellowed out one thing, and some another: so unable to know the certainty of the case because of the tumult, he ordered him to be brought into the fortress.

Then a great tumult arising, the tribune, apprehensive that Paul might be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the guard to go down, and take him by force from the midst of them, and bring him into the fortress.

And after staying with them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the morrow seated on the bench, commanded Paul to be brought.

Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any person knew where he was, they should declare it, that they might apprehend him.

But bidding them retire out of the council-chamber, they conferred among themselves,

saying, Did we not lay our strict injunction upon you, that you should not teach in this name? and, lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would fain bring this man's blood upon us.

Then the high-priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God is ready to smite thee, thou whited wall: for art thou sitting to judge me according to the law, and violating that law, commandest me to be smitten?

For when every command according to the law had been spoken by Moses to all the people, taking the blood of calves and of 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 testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

And Jesus said to him, See thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.

and said to him, Take care, that thou speak not a word to any man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification, what Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give her a bill of divorce, and to put her away? He saith unto them, It was on account of the hardness of your hearts that Moses gave you permission to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not thus.

He answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? They said, Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.

Now Moses in the law commanded, that such women should be stoned: therefore what sayest thou?

But sin, seizing the opportunity by the law, wrought in me all concupiscence. For without the law sin is dead. For though I lived without the law formerly; yet when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died. And the commandment, which [was] for life, the same was found by me for death.read more.
For sin, seizing the occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and thereby slew me. So then the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Did then that which is good become fatal to me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin by that which was good [in itself], was the cause of death to me; that sin through the commandment might become transcendantly sinful.

For ye have not approached the mountain that could only be groped for, and that burned with fire, and the thick cloud, and the darkness, and the tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard, earnestly begged that the discourse might not be directed to them: for they could not bear the charge given, and "If but a beast touch the mountain he shall be stoned, or shot through with a dart:"read more.
and so terrible was the appearance, that Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and trembling: