Introductory Note

In Mat 5:21-22,27-28, we read that Jesus quoted Mosaic commandments and then said, "but I say to you..."  Jesus made clear that not only obedience to the letter of the commandment is needed but also obedience to the spirit of the commandment is needed. Proverbs 4:23 (TEV) advised: "Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts."

In Mar 7:21-23 (TEV), Jesus said,

For from the inside, from a person’s heart, come the evil ideas which lead him to do immoral things, to rob, kill, commit adultery, be greedy, and do all sorts of evil things; deceit, indecency, jealousy, slander, pride, and folly - all these evil things come from inside a person and make him unclean.

On the other hand Joh 12:47 (TEV) tells us that Jesus said,

I came, not to judge the world, but to save it.

The references below articulate both the letter and the spirit of each of the commandments. The New Testament repeatedly emphasizes that one's obedience to the commandments exemplifies one's salvation and freedom in Christ.

[HAVE NO OTHER GODS]

• [1st Commandment]
• Exo 20:3
• Deu 5:7
• [Jesus' teachings about the 1st Commandment]
• Mat 4:8-10
• Mar 12:32
• [Other writings about the 1st Commandment]
• Mal 2:10
• Rom 3:30
• 1Co 8:4-6
• Eph 4:6
• Phi 3:18,19
• 1Ti 2: 5
• Jam 2:19
• S&H 19:29-1
• S&H 69:19-26
• S&H 280:17
• S&H 301:17-23
• S&H 340:15
• S&H 361:6-18
• S&H 467:3-7
• Mis 18:8
• Mis 21:1
• Mis 23:7-16
• Mis 24:1-4
• Mis 28:20
• Mis 39:28-6
• Mis 45:21-27
• Mis 123:3
• Mis 196:4
• Mis 197:23
• Mis 209:21
• My 5:12
• My 116:6-15
• My 153:15-21
• My 221:16-20
• My 264:15
• My 278:7-12
• My 279:3-15
• My 364:6
• Pan 6:26-7
• Pan 8:21
• Pan 9:8-19
• '00 4:27-22 (to 2nd .)
• '01 32:18-26
• '02 4:13-24
• '02 5:6-14,25
• '02 6:15-20
• '02 7:5
• '02 12:7-14
• [see also "one God" (37 times in S&H, and 52 times in Prose Works]

[DO NOT MAKE IDOLS]

• [2nd Commandment]
• Exo 20:4-6
• Deu 5:8-10
• [Other writings about the 2nd Commandment]
• Rom 2:22
• Gal 5:19-21
• Eph 5:5
• Rev 21:8
• Mis 334:28-11
• Mis 346:9-15
• [the phrase "graven image" is used 47 times in the KJV Old Testament]
• [the terms "idol," "idols," and "idolatry" are used 121 times in the KJV, 17 times in S&H, and 27 times in Prose Works]

[DO NOT TAKE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN]

• [3rd Commandment]
• Exo 20:7
• Lev 19:12
• Deu 5:11
• [Jesus' teachings about the 3rd Commandment]
• Mat 5:33-37
• Mat 15:19,20
• Mat 23:16-22
• Mar 7:21-23
• [Other writings about the 3rd Commandment]
• Psa 139:20
• Pro 30:8,9
• Jam 5:12
• My 233:16

[KEEP THE SABBATH DAY]

• [4th Commandment]
• Gen 2:2,3
• Exo 20:8-11
• Exo 23:12
• Exo 31:13
• Exo 34:21
• Lev 19:3
• Lev 23:3
• Deu 5:12-15
• [Jesus' teachings about the 4th Commandment]
• Mat 12:1-8
• Mat 12:10-13
• Mat 24:20
• Mar 1:21-27
• Mar 2:23-28
• Mar 3:1-5
• Mar 6:2,3
• Luk 4:16-22,31-32
• Luk 6:1-11
• Luk 13:10-17
• Luk 14:1-6
• Joh 5:1-18
• Joh 7:22-24
• Joh 9:1-16
• [Other writings about the 4th Commandment]
• [the word "sabbath" is used 137 times in the KJV Bible]
• Gen 2:3
• S&H 20:6
• Mis 126:4
• Mis 216:3
• Man 62:18
• Man 132:24

[STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES]

• [Other writings about this part of the 4th commandment]
• S&H 146:20
• Ret 86:7

[HONOR YOUR PARENTS]

• [5th Commandment]
• Exo 20:12
• Lev 19:3,32
• Deu 5:16
• [Jesus' teachings about the 5th Commandment]
• Mat 15:4-9
• Mat 19:18,19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mar 7:9-13
• Mar 10:19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Luk 18:20 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• [Other writings about the 5th Commandment]
• Pro 1:8,9
• Pro 15:5
• Pro 20:20
• Pro 23:22-25
• Pro 24:30
• Mal 1:6
• Eph 6:1-4
• Col 3:20
• S&H 236:21-25
• Mis 236:10
• Mis 339:19
• '01 29:22

• [6th Commandment]
• Exo 20:13
• Deu 5:17
• [Jesus' teachings about the 6th Commandment]
• Mat 5:21-24
• Mat 15:19,20
• Mat 19:18,19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mar 7:21-23
• Mar 10:19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Luk 18:20 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• [Other writings about the 6th Commandment]
• Gen 4:8-16
• Jer 7: 9 [6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Rom 13:9 [6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th]
• Gal 5:19-21
• 1Ti 1:8-10 [6th, 7th, and 9th]
• Jam 2:11 [6th & 7th]
• Jam 4:1-4
• 1Jo 3:12-15
• Rev 21:8
• S&H 56:15-3 [6th & 7th]
• S&H 151:21
• Mis 67:5 [6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• My 268:14 [6th & 7th]
• [To further explore Jesus teachings regarding the 6th commandment, browse "Love your enemies, and overcome evil with good" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/l.htm.]
• [To explore the 6th commandment as it relates to capital punishment, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/qa/qa097.htm.]

[DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY]

• [7th Commandment]
• Exo 20:14
• Lev 18:20
• Deu 5:18
• [Jesus' teachings about the 7th Commandment]
• Mat 5:27-30, 32
• Mat 15:19,20
• Mat 19:9
• Mat 19:18,19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mar 7:21-23
• Mar 10:19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mar 10:11,12
• Luk 16:18
• Luk 18:20 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Joh 8:1-11
• 1Co 7:10,11 [quoted from Jesus, as cited by Paul]
• [Other writings about the 7th Commandment]
• 2Sa 11:2-5,14-17
• 2Sa 12:1-17
• Job 31:1,9
• Pro 2:9-22
• Pro 6:20-35
• Pro 7:1-27
• Jer 7: 9 [6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mal 3:5
• Rom 2:21-23
• Rom 7:2,3
• Rom 13:9 [6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th]
• 1Co 5:9-13
• 1Co 6:9-20
• 1Co 7:1-5
• Gal 5:19-21
• Eph 5:3-5
• 1Ti 1:8-10 [6th, 7th, and 9th]
• Heb 13:4
• Jam 2:11 [6th & 7th]
• Jam 4:1-4
• 2Pe 2:12-17
• Rev 21:8
• S&H 56:15-3 [6th & 7th]
• S&H 58:12-21
• S&H 60:16
• S&H 65:29
• Man 46:1
• Mis 9:16-3
• Mis 67:5 [6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mis 107:11-110:12
• Mis 112:12-15,24
• Mis 147:10-11,14-3
• Mis 210:19
• Mis 221:30-17
• Mis 339:20
• Hea 7:22
• My 268:14 [6th & 7th]
• [To further explore Jesus' and other New Testament teachings regarding the 7th commandment, browse, "Adultery: the physical act, the thought, and divorce & remarriage -- the three forms of adultery described by Jesus in the gospels -- and one's means of defense against, rescue from, and salvation from adultery," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/adultery.htm.]
• [To further explore "Divorce as understood by Jesus and the earliest Christians," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/divorce.htm.]
• [To further explore many topics regarding "marriage," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/marriage.htm.]

[DO NOT STEAL]

• [8th Commandment]
• Exo 20:15
• Lev 19:11
• Deu 5:19
• [Jesus' teachings about the 8th Commandment]
• Mat 15:19,20
• Mat 19:18,19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mar 7:21-23
• Mar 10:19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Luk 18:20 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Joh 12:1,8,10
• [Other writings about the 8th Commandment]
• Jer 7: 9 [6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Rom 2:21-23
• Rom 13:9 [6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th]
• 1Co 6:9,10
• Eph 4:28
• S&H 112:26
• Man 43:13
• Mis 67:5 [6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• My 130:23-26

[DO NOT FALSELY ACCUSE]

• [9th Commandment]
• Exo 20:16
• Lev 19:11
• Deu 5:20
• [Jesus' teachings about the 9th Commandment]
• Mat 15:19,20
• Mat 19:18,19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mar 7:21-23
• Mar 10:19 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Luk 18:20 [5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• [Other writings about the 9th Commandment]
• Mal 3:5
• Jer 7: 9 [6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Rom 13:9 [6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th]
• 1Ti 1:8-10 [6th, 7th, and 9th]
• Rev 21:8
• S&H 100:-2
• S&H 122:1
• S&H 437:8
• S&H 438:8-12
• Mis 67:5 [6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th]
• Mis 360:16
• Un 35:26-9
• '02 16:21-23

10th Commandment: DO NOT COVET

[DO NOT COVET]

• [10th Commandment]
• Exo 20:17
• Deu 5:21
• [Jesus' teachings about the 10th Commandment]
• Mat 15:19,20
• Mar 7:21-23
• [Other writings about the 10th Commandment]
• Rom 13:9 [6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th]
• 1Co 6:9,10
• Gal 5:19-21
• Jam 4:1-4
• S&H 64:10
• Mis 19:1
• Mis 118:21-24
• Mis 123:3

[all]

• [Jesus' teachings about all the commandments]
• Mat 5:17-20
• Mar 16:16-17
• [Other writings about all the commandments]
• S&H 489:13-17
• S&H 563:1
• '00 6:19
• '01 32:18-26
• Man 62:24
• Mis 8:27
• Mis 114:10
• Mis 303:16
• Mis 310:26-3
• Mis 318:2-11
• Mis 335:16
• Ret 65:6
• Rud 11:25
• My 109:1
• My 129:28-32
• My 131:1-5
• My 160:19
• [Other writings regarding "obeying" and "breaking" the commandments]
• S&H 301:20-23
• S&H 381:10-12
• S&H 392:4-5
• S&H 489:13-15
• S&H 542:22
• S&H 563:10
• Mis 67:5-17
• Mis 122:32-17
• Mis 197:23
• Mis 248:16-19
• Mis 254:29-2
• Mis 303:16
• Mis 311:18
• Mis 335:16
• Ret 31:9
• Un 3:8-12
• Pan 7:26
• '00 5:11-22
• '00 6:19
• '02 17:7
• My 160:19-21
• My 221:16
• My 223:27-8
• My 229:20
• My 268:14-17
• My 279:6
• [Note also also the references on "Christian correction" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/c.htm and also the references below.]
• Man 40:5-11
• S&H 563:3-18
• Mis 123:3-17
• Mis 335:16-24
• S&H 447:20-27

• The text of the Ten Commandments from the KJV, NRSV, and TEV
  • http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/10commandments-texts.htm.
• The text of Jesus' teachings on the 4 commandments (4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th) that the gospels specifically singled out for comment
  • http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/10commandments-jesus-comments.htm.
• Morality and Ethics (a topical index of online articles)
  • http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/morals-ethics.htm