'Precepts' in the Bible
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: