26 Bible Verses about commandments

This is the foremost and greatest commandment.

If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

They are worshiping me for nothing [because they are] teaching principles that are [merely] the requirements of men.'"

The person who knows [what] my commandments [are] and obeys them is the one who [truly] loves me. And the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.

For this is [real evidence of] our love for God: [It is] obeying what He commands us to do. And obeying His commands does not cause us any grief [or, unpleasantness].

The entire law of Moses and the prophets hinge on these two commandments."

And here is how we can be assured that we know Jesus [i.e., that we are saved]: [It is] by obeying what He commands us.

And this is [the true meaning of] love: That we should live in obedience to God's commandments. And this is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should live in it [i.e., live a life of love].

And this is His commandment: We should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ [i.e., the person of Christ], and love one another, just He has commanded us to do.

And this is the [greatest] commandment [See Matt. 2:37-38] we have received from Him: [It requires] that the person who [claims to] love God should also love his brother.

I am giving you a new commandment: love one another. Also you should love one another in the same way that I have loved you.

So, the law of Moses itself is holy and the commandment [against sinning] is holy and just and good.

This is [one] way we know that we love God's [spiritually reborn] children: [It is] when we love God and obey what He commands us to do.

It would have been better for them if they had not known the right way [to God] than, after knowing it, to turn back from the sacred message that had been presented to them.

Jesus answered him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is [only] One who is good [i.e., God]. But if you want to enter [never ending] life, [then] obey His commandments."

And he replied, "Teacher, I have [already] been observing all these commandments since I was a young lad."

My dearly loved ones, I am not writing to you about a new commandment, but about an old one. [It is the one] you had learned about from the beginning. [Note: This is the commandment to love one another (3:1: II John 5) which Jesus had taught his disciples during His earthly ministry. See Mark 12:31]. This old commandment is the word [of God] which you heard [previously].

[Ex. 20:12 says], "Show honor to your father and mother," (which is the first commandment that carries the promise),