~The Ten Commandments
[EXO 20:1-17] And God spake all these words,
saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before
me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to
them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me And shewing mercy unto thousands of them
that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of
the LORD thy God in vain for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that
taketh his name in vain. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the
sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the
LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed
it. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt
not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
[PSA 40:7-8] Then said I, Lo, I come: in the
volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my
God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
[MAT 22:36-40] Master, which is the great commandment
in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the
first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law
and the prophets.
~Blessings at Gerizim
[DEU 28:1-14] And it shall come to pass, if
thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe
and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the
LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And
all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the
city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit
of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle,
the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be
thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and
blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The LORD shall cause thine enemies
that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come
out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. The LORD shall
command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou
settest thine hand unto and he shall bless thee in the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee. The LORD shall establish thee an holy people
unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments
of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth
shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD and they shall
be afraid of thee. And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in
the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit
of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give
thee. The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give
the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine
hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
nd the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail and thou shalt
be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou hearken unto
the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to
observe and to do them: And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words
which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go
after other gods to serve them.
[MAT 5:17-20] Think not that I am come to destroy
the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For
verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore
shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he
shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall
do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness
of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom
of heaven.
[HEB 8:8-10] For finding fault with them, he
saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to
the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them
by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt because they continued
not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is
the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,
saith the Lord I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their
hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
[JOH 15:7-10] If ye abide in me, and my words
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit so shall ye be
my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue
ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love even
as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
[EPH 2:8-10] For by grace are ye saved through
faith
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works,
lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk
in them.
[1 JO 5:3] For this is the love of God, that
we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
[ROM 8:3-4] For what the law could not do, in
that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness
of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit.
[PSA 19:7-14] The law of the LORD is perfect,
converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the
simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment
of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter
also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors?
cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous
sins
let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and
I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth,
and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my
strength, and my redeemer |
