11 occurrences

'Command' in the Bible

But Yahweh said to me, "You must not say, 'I [am] a youth,' for to {whomever} I send you, you will go, and {whatever} I command you, you will speak.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTMouthsLimitations Of YouthGod Sending ProphetsSpeaking The Word God Givesspeakingteenager

But you, you must gird your loins, and stand, and speak to them all that I command you. {Do not be afraid of them}, or I will shatter you {before} them.

Verse ConceptsReadinessReady To SpeakSpeaking The Word God Gives

For I did not speak with your ancestors, nor did I command them in the day of bringing them out from the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offering and sacrifice.

Verse ConceptsOfferingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptSacrifice

But I only commanded them this word, {saying}, 'Obey my voice, and I will be to you God, and you will be to me people, and you must walk in all of the way that I command you, so that it goes well with you.'

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Godethics, and graceEarsWalkingObedience To GodI Will Be Their GodObedienceObeying Godobeying

which I commanded your ancestors in the day of my bringing them from the land of Egypt, from the furnace of iron, {saying}, 'Listen to my voice and do according to all that I command you, {so will you be my people, and I will be your God}.'

Verse ConceptsFurnacesFreedom, Acts Of In OtIronI Will Be Their GodPay Attention To God!God Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

"Thus says Yahweh: 'Stand in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh, and you must speak to all the cities of Judah that come to bow in worship [in] the house of Yahweh all the words that I command you to speak to them. You must not omit a word.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardCommands, in OTScripture, Sufficiency OfSubtracting From God

And you must command them for their masters, {saying}, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, this you shall say to your masters:

Look, I [am] going to command,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and I will bring them back to this city, and they will fight against it, and they will capture it, and they will burn it with fire, and the towns of Judah I will make a desolation {without} an inhabitant.'"

Verse ConceptsWasteEmpty CitiesBurning JerusalemActual Attacks On JerusalemCapturing Cities

"The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, that he commanded his descendants to not drink, have been carried out, and they have not drunk until this day, for they have obeyed the command of their ancestor. But {I have spoken to you over and over again}, and you have not listened to me.

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceDisobedience, To GodRefusing To HearThose Who Rose EarlySaying RepeatedlyDrinking No WineObeying People

For the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have carried out the command of their ancestor that he commanded them, but this people did not listen to me."

Verse ConceptsRefusing To HearObeying People

But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Because you have listened to the command of Jonadab your ancestor, and you have kept all his commands, and you have done all that he commanded you,'

Verse ConceptsObeying People

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