53 Bible Verses about Commands, in NT

Teacher, which commandment is great in the Law? And he 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 great and first commandment.read more.
There is a second like it: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

And one of the scribes came up, having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which commandment is first of all? Jesus answered, The first is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our 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."read more.
The second is this: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." There is no other commandment greater than these.

But he answered and said to them, Why do ye too transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

And he said to them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition!

Laying aside, the commandment of God, ye hold fast the tradition of men.

Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly and plainly, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of the everlasting life, lo! we turn to the gentiles. For thus hath the Lord commanded us: "I have set thee to be a light of the gentiles, that thou mayst bring salvation even to the end of the earth."

The times indeed of ignorance God overlooked; but now commandeth all men every where to repent;

who, although knowing the ordinance of God, that they who practise such things deserve death, not only do them themselves, but approve of those who do them.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through the command of God, our Saviour, and Christ Jesus, our hope,

but in his own seasons manifested his word through the preaching with which I was intrusted by the commandment of God our Saviour:

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

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

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

And he saith to them, Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the waves; and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the waves obey him?

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, Peace! be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said to them, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have not faith? And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the waves obey him?

And they came and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing! And he rose, and rebuked the wind, and the surging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm. And he said to them, Where is your faith? And they were afraid, and wondered, saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

Go, and make all nations my disciples, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things, whatever I have commanded you. And, lo! I am with you always, unto the end of the world.

And Jesus rebuked him, [saying,] Be silent, and come out of him. And the unclean spirit convulsing him, and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. And they were all amazed, so that they questioned each other, saying, What is this? New teaching with authority; even the unclean spirits doth he command, and they obey him!

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him. And the demon threw him down in the midst, and came out of him, having done him no hurt. And all were amazed; and they spoke with one another, saying, What kind of word is this, that with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out?

And he charged them strictly that no one should know it, and bade that something should be given her to eat.

And her parents were amazed. But he charged them to tell no one what had been done.

And Jesus seeing that the multitude came running together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, Dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

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

In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

and he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who hath been appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

But to those who are married it is my command, yet not mine, but the Lords: Let not the wife separate herself from her husband, and if she have separated herself let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband put away his wife.

If any one thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know surely that the directions I am writing to you are the Lords;

for ye know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Saviour by your apostles;

Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard. Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him, and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shineth.

And he commanded that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they entreated him to remain some days.

And as they journeyed through the cities, they delivered to them for their observance the decrees which had been ordained by the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.

And this she did for many days. But Paul, being much displeased, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out immediately.

And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

As I besought thee, when I set out for Macedonia, to remain still in Ephesus, that thou mightst charge certain persons not to teach other doctrine, nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which occasion disputes rather than promote Gods dispensation which is in faith, [so I do now.] Now the end of the commandment is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned;

These things command and teach.

Charge those who are rich in this world that they be not highminded, nor place their hope in uncertain riches, but in God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, liberal in imparting, willing to communicate,

I charge thee before God, who giveth life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who under Pontius Pilate testified the good profession, that thou keep the commandment without spot, without reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And some cried one thing, and some another, among the multitude. And not being able to gain certain knowledge on account of the uproar, he ordered him to be carried into the castle.

And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

And having tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the morrow, sitting on the judgmentseat, ordered Paul to be brought.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders, that, if any one knew where he was, he should give information, that they might seize him.

But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

saying, We strictly commanded you not to teach in this name, and lo! ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and mean to bring this mans blood upon us.

And the highpriest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, thou whited wall! Art thou then sitting to judge me according to the law, and dost thou command me to be smitten contrary to the law?

For when Moses had spoken every precept according to the Law to all the people, he took the blood of the calves and of the goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God enjoined in respect to you."

And Jesus saith to him, See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

saying to him, See that thou say nothing to any one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

They say to him, Why then did Moses ordain that a man may give his wife a writing of divorcement, and put her away? He saith to them, Moses, on account of your hardness of heart, allowed you m put away your wives; but in the beginning it was not so.

And he answering said to them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses permitted to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such persons; what then dost thou say?

But sin, seizing the opportunity, wrought in me by means of the commandment all manner of sinful desire; for without the Law sin is dead. And I, apart from the Law, was once alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again, and I died; and the very commandment whose design was life, I found to issue in death.read more.
For sin, seizing the opportunity, deceived me through the commandment, and through it slew me. So that the Law is holy, and the commandment holy, and right, and good. Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be it! but sin; that it might become manifest as sin, causing death to me by means of that which is good; that sin by means of the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

For ye have not come to a mount that can be touched, and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which voice they who heard, entreated that no more should be spoken to them; for they could not bear that which was commanded, "If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;" and,read more.
so terrible was the sight, Moses said: "I exceedingly fear and tremble;"