'Commands' in the Bible

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.

If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will be able to go home satisfied."

So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.

You stood before the Lord your God at Horeb and he said to me, "Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children."

Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. But be strong and brave!"

Moses the Lord's servant passed on the Lord's commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses.

But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord's servant gave you. Love the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, obey his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and being!"

But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord's commands, but they did not.

They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses.

David's power grew steadily, for the Lord God who commands armies was with him.

For I have obeyed the Lord's commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

David's power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him.

"So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the Lord who commands armies says: "I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

so it may become a reality and you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.' David's dynasty will be established before you,

I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.'

So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord's assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: Carefully observe all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations."

He ordered Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.

but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

God's Spirit energized Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, "This is what God says: 'Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!'"

We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God,

he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

For I have obeyed the Lord's commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life.

The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.

Who is this majestic king? The Lord who commands armies! He is the majestic king! (Selah)

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver."

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.'

to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.

so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!

because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.

With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.

I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.

Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.

I will find delight in your commands, which I love.

I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.

Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable.

(Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me!

I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension.

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.

I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.

You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are reliable.

I hope for your deliverance, O Lord, and I obey your commands.

May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just.

I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the Lord's loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,

he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.

Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.

If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, the powerful ruler of Israel, says this: "Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud -- they will be humiliated;

Look, the sovereign Lord who commands armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah every source of security, including all the food and water,

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?" The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help!

The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.

The Lord who commands armies will be exalted when he punishes, the sovereign God's authority will be recognized when he judges.

Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.

They called out to one another, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!"

I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."

You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.

Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.

The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the Lord who commands armies.

Because of the anger of the Lord who commands armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.

For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.

The sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land.

So here is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says: "My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did.

The Lord who commands armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt.

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

There is a loud noise on the mountains -- it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms -- nations are being assembled! The Lord who commands armies is mustering forces for battle.

So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the Lord who commands armies, in the day he vents his raging anger.

"I will rise up against them," says the Lord who commands armies. "I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring she produces," says the Lord.

"I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom," says the Lord who commands armies.

The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: "Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?