--- title: "13 God Commandment Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 13 God Commandment quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best God Commandment sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/lailah-gifty-akita-11_christian_if-you-wish-to-compare-compare-yourself_223007.jpg" --- > [“If you wish to compare, compare yourself with God's commandment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/if-you-wish-to-compare-compare-yourself-with-god-s-commandment/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/lailah-gifty-akita-11_christian_if-you-wish-to-compare-compare-yourself_223007.jpg) > [“Whoever gains good understanding, keeps God's commandment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/whoever-gains-good-understanding-keeps-god-s-commandment/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/lailah-gifty-akita-11_christianity_whoever-gains-good-understanding-keeps-g_915143.jpg) > [“The Great law is God's commandment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-great-law-is-god-s-commandment/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/lailah-gifty-akita-11_christian-life_the-great-law-is-god-s-commandment-22780_2278084.jpg) > [There is no God and that's His only commandment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-duncan/there-is-no-god-and-that-s-his-only-commandment/) [Glen Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-duncan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/glen-duncan-1307_commandment_there-is-no-god-and-that-s-his-only-comm_2888559.png) > [“The only good understanding is to obey the God's commandment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-only-good-understanding-is-to-obey-the-god-s-commandment/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/lailah-gifty-akita-11_christian_the-only-good-understanding-is-to-obey-t_2806218.jpg) > [“To love God is to keep his commandment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/to-love-god-is-to-keep-his-commandment/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/lailah-gifty-akita-11_christian_to-love-god-is-to-keep-his-commandment-1_1433228.jpg) > [Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/everything-is-from-god-himself-both-commandment-and-fulfillment-he/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/martin-luther-106_command_everything-is-from-god-himself-both-comm_1552350.jpg) > [“The first word God speaks to human beings in the Bible—God’s very first commandment—is “Eat freely” (Genesis 2:16, NASB). The last words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-sweet/the-first-word-god-speaks-to-human-beings-in-the-bible-god-s-very/) [Leonard Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/leonard-sweet-10435_bible_the-first-word-god-speaks-to-human-being_2565513.png) > [“After attainment of Supreme knowledge a man lives but he does not lead an ordinary man’s life. He lives, he eats, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jibankrishna/after-attainment-of-supreme-knowledge-a-man-lives-but-he-does-not/) [Jibankrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jibankrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/jibankrishna-68354_christ_after-attainment-of-supreme-knowledge-a_2838967.jpg) > [“Peace means giving oneself completely to God’s commandment, wanting no security, but in faith and obedience laying the destiny of the nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/peace-means-giving-oneself-completely-to-god-s-commandment-wanting-no/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/eric-metaxas-1651_commandment_peace-means-giving-oneself-completely-to_389965.png) > [Lots of people today would never consider themselves guilty of idolatry as far as it is spelled out in the Ten Commandments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-campbell/lots-of-people-today-would-never-consider-themselves-guilty-of/) [Charlie Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/charlie-campbell-40400_able_lots-of-people-today-would-never-conside_1987676.jpg) > [Thou shalt not, it is said, make unto thee any graven image of God. The same commandment should apply when God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/thou-shalt-not-it-is-said-make-unto-thee-any-graven-image-of-god-the-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/anonymous-1_things-happen-for-a_thou-shalt-not-it-is-said-make-unto-thee_2009555.jpg) > [Thou shalt not, it is said, make unto thee any graven image of God. The same commandment should apply when God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-frisch/thou-shalt-not-it-is-said-make-unto-thee-any-graven-image-of-god-the/) [Max Frisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-frisch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/max-frisch-7469_commandments_thou-shalt-not-it-is-said-make-unto-thee_701638.jpg) ## Top authors on God Commandment - [Lailah Gifty Akita 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-commandment/lailah-gifty-akita/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-commandment/#itemlist", "name": "God Commandment Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you wish to compare, compare yourself with God's commandment.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lailah Gifty Akita" }, "url": 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