Commandment Quotes

155 quotes by 125 authors

The commandment to refrain from placing blame on our parents, deeply imprinted in us by our upbringing, skillfully performs the function of hiding essential truths… — Alice Miller
The great commandment of life is to love the Lord. — Ezra Taft Benson
Righteous marriage is a commandment and an essential step in the process of creating a loving family relationship that can be perpetuated beyond the grave. — David A. Bednar
With the first commandment, Mohammed tried to imprison common sense. And with the second commandment, the beautiful, romantic side of mankind was enslaved. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not have any gods… — John Piper
Parents are to be respected - it Is a commandment from God. — Monica Johnson
The novel at its nineteenth-century pinnacle was a Judaized novel: George Eliot and Dickens and Tolstoy were all touched by the Jewish covenant: they wrote… — Cynthia Ozick
The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That… — Barbara Mikulski
If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice. — Learned Hand
How did Abraham know that it was God that bid him offer his son, being a breach of the sixth commandment? — Anne Hutchinson
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were… — Bible
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh:… — Bible
This is my commandment, that ye love one another. -John 15:12 — Bible
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:… — Bible
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD,… — Bible
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink… — Bible
This is my commandment, that ye love one another. — Bible
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat… — Bible
He that believeth in the Lord taketh heed to the commandment; and he that trusteth in him shall fare never the worse. — Bible

Who Wrote These Commandment Quotes

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