What Does the Bible Say About Living by the Ten Commandments?
Here are 13 Bible verses about Living by the Ten Commandments, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #11 John 3:4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
BSBEveryone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
- #2John 15:10
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.
BSBIf you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
- #3Matthew 19:17
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
BSB“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
- #4Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
BSBNot everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
- #52 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
BSBAll Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
- #6Exodus 20:1-26
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. …
BSBAnd God spoke all these words: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. …
- #7Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
BSBYou shall have no other gods before Me.
- #8Luke 6:46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
BSBWhy do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
- #91 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
BSBFor this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- #10Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
BSB“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- #11Deuteronomy 4:13
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
BSBHe declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.
- #12John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- #13Exodus 34:28
And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
BSBSo Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).