'Commandment' in the Bible

He is not to exalt himself over his relatives, nor turn aside from the commandment neither to the right nor to the left so that he and his sons may reign long in Israel."

If you fear the LORD, serve him, obey him, and don't rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then both you and the king who rules over you will truly follow the LORD your God.

But if you don't obey the LORD and rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then the LORD will turn against you as he did against your ancestors.

Then Samuel told Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You haven't obeyed the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever,

Furthermore, you are to be careful to observe forever the statutes, ordinances, law, and the commandment that he wrote for you. And you are not to fear other gods.

Carmi's son was Achar, who became Israel's troublemaker by transgressing the LORD's commandment regarding things that were to be destroyed.

And so the Jewish leaders continued their building, and prospered because of the prophecies of Haggai the prophet and Iddo's son Zechariah. They completed the rebuilding in accordance with the commandment from the God of Israel and the edicts of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia.

The precepts of the LORD are upright, making the heart rejoice. The commandment of the LORD is pure, giving light to the eyes.

I have observed that all things have their limit, but your commandment is very broad. Mem

Whoever obeys a commandment keeps himself safe, but someone who is contemptuous in conduct will die.

Then Jeremiah told the house of the Rechabites, "This is what the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: "Because you obeyed the commandment of your ancestor Jonadab, have observed all his commandments, and have done everything that he commanded you,'

Now this commandment is for you priests:

"You will know that I sent this commandment to you in order to continue my covenant with Levi," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

But he answered them, "Why do you also disregard the commandment of God because of your tradition?

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"

This is the greatest and most important commandment.

You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition."

Then he told them, "You have such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!

Then one of the scribes came near and heard the Sadducees arguing with one another. He saw how well Jesus answered them, so he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of them all?"

The second is this: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."

Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

I'm giving you a new commandment"to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

"This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you.

But sin seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires, since apart from the Law, sin is dead.

For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not covet," and every other commandment are summed up in this statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

"Honor your father and mother"" (This is a very important commandment with a promise.)

The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.

Indeed, because it was weak and ineffective, the former commandment has been annulled,

For after every commandment in the Law had been spoken to all the people by Moses, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with some water, scarlet wool, and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.

to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the commandment of our Lord and Savior spoken through your apostles.

Dear friends, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.

On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is truly in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.

And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus the Messiah, and to love one another as he commanded us.

And this is the commandment that we have from him: the person who loves God must also love his brother.

Dear lady, I am now requesting of you that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning.