Bible Verses About Decalogue

Then God said all these words: t

"I am ADONAI your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the abode of slavery. c

"You are to have no other gods before me.

You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline.

You are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, ADONAI your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my mitzvot. d

"You are not to use lightly the name of ADONAI your God, because ADONAI will not leave unpunished someone who uses his name lightly. s

"Remember the day, Shabbat, to set it apart for God.

You have six days to labor and do all your work,

but the seventh day is a Shabbat for ADONAI your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work -not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the for eigner staying with you inside the gates to your property.

For in six days, ADONAI made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why ADONAI blessed the day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself. v

"Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land which ADONAI your God is giving you. u

"Do not murder.

"Do not commit adultery.

"Do not steal.

"Do not give false evidence against your neighbor.

"Do not covet your neighbor's house; do not covet your neighbor's wife, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

ADONAI said to Moshe, "Write these words down, because they are the terms of the covenant I have made with you and with Isra'el."

Moshe was there with ADONAI forty days and forty nights, during which time he neither ate food nor drank water. [ADONAI] wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Words.

ADONAI spoke with you face to face from the fire on the mountain.

At that time I stood between ADONAI and you in order to tell you what ADONAI was saying; because, on account of the fire, you were afraid and wouldn't go up onto the mountain. He said, t

"'I am ADONAI your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you lived as slaves. c

"'You are to have no other gods before me.

You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline -

you are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, ADONAI your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents, also the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,