commandment, precept, charge
commandment, precept, charge. Commandment, precept, directive given by divine authority; specific stipulations of covenant law embodying the holy will of God.
word, promise, commandment
word, promise, commandment. Commandment, promise; celebrated in Psalm 119 as refined, pure, life-giving truth ('Your word is very pure, therefore Your servant loves it', Psalm 119:140).
decree, command, royal mandate
decree, command, royal mandate. Decree, royal edict issued by earthly sovereigns and sovereignly overridden by God (Ezra 4:19, 6:14, Daniel 3:10).
a charge, injunction, order, command
a charge, injunction, order, command. Primary meaning: a charge, injunction, order, command. Strong's: injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription. Lexical nuances: generally, a charge, injunction, order, command : Lk 15:29 , Jo 10:18 11:57 12:49 , 50 14:31 , Ac 17:15 , Col 4:10 ; ἐ. σαρκίνη , He 7:16 , 18
to speak, utter, command
to speak, utter, command. To speak, declare; primary verb of divine verbal revelation throughout the Old Testament ('Thus has the LORD spoken').
word, matter, event, divine decree
word, matter, event, divine decree. Word, speech, matter, historic event; the Word of the LORD (Dǝḇar YHWH) as dynamic creative and prophetic power executing God's sovereign will in history.
Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant
Raised in Pharaoh's court and called at the burning bush on Horeb , Moses and his brother Aaron lead Israel out of bondage in Egypt through the Passover and crossing of the Red Sea to receive the Covenant Law at Mount Sinai.
statute, decree, enactment, boundary
statute, decree, enactment, boundary. Statute, ordinance, boundary, limit; engraved law originating from God's sovereign will setting fixed boundaries for nature and ethical duties for Israel.
Ephesians • Chapter 6 (24 verses)
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Generation 25 • Child of Amalek
There is a commandment to remember what Amalek did to Israel and to blot out their name from under heaven. ( Deuteronomy 25:17-19 )
carved image, graven idol
carved image, graven idol. Carved or hewn image of wood or stone; forbidden in Second Commandment as false materialization of invisible transcendent God.
molten image, cast metal idol
molten image, cast metal idol. Cast image formed by pouring molten metal into a mold; exemplified by the Golden Calf at Sinai (Exodus 32:4).
lie, falsehood, deception, vanity
lie, falsehood, deception, vanity. Lie, false testimony, breach of trust, deceptive unreality; prohibited in Decalogue ('false witness', ed sheqer) and characterizing false prophets.
Deuteronomy • Chapter 8 (20 verses)
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wildernes... Mentions: Egypt .
Matthew • Chapter 15 (39 verses)
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem , saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Canaan , David , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Tyre , Sidon , Galilee .
Proverbs • Chapter 7 (27 verses)
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Mentions: Egypt .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 27 (26 verses)
And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plas... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Jordan , Dan .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 6 (25 verses)
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Egypt , Massah .
1 John • Chapter 2 (29 verses)
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
Malachi • Chapter 2 (17 verses)
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not... Mentions: Levi , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
1 Timothy • Chapter 1 (20 verses)
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus , when I we... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Ephesus , Macedonia .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 28 (68 verses)
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 ... Mentions: Egypt .
Romans • Chapter 7 (25 verses)
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of h... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Proverbs • Chapter 3 (35 verses)
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Baruch • Chapter 4 (37 verses)
This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endures for ever: all they that hold it fast are appointed to life; but such as leave it shall die. Turn you, O Jacob , and take hold of it: walk towards her shining in the presence of the light thereof. Give not your ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
2 John • Chapter 1 (13 verses)
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
1 John • Chapter 5 (21 verses)
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
New Testament • 6 Chapters
1 Timothy (New Testament, 6 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Adam . Key places: Ephesus , Macedonia , Adam . Opens with: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;..."
1 Thessalonians • Chapter 4 (18 verses)
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus , that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus . For this is the will of God, even you... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Macedonia .
Proverbs • Chapter 4 (27 verses)
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
to love, desire, delight in
to love, desire, delight in. To love, delight in; commanded in Shema ('love the LORD your God with all your heart', Deuteronomy 6:5) and neighbor love (Leviticus 19:18).
Romans • Chapter 13 (14 verses)
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a te... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 8 (17 verses)
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. Be not hasty to go out of his sight...
1 Corinthians • Chapter 7 (40 verses)
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also th... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Mark • Chapter 7 (37 verses)
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem . And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their ha... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , Jerusalem , Tyre , Sidon , Galilee , Decapolis .
Exodus • Chapter 20 (26 verses)
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. Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Egypt .