Bible Verses About Breaking the Ten Commandments
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for breaking the ten commandments, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,640 votes, led by John 14:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Breaking the Ten Commandments
John 14:15193 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Exodus 20:1-26165 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
1 John 2:4157 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Matthew 5:19142 votes
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
1 John 3:4121 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
James 2:10106 votes
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
John 14:699 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Exodus 20:1-1793 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Exodus 20:1487 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 22:2-387 votes
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Matthew 19:1786 votes
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.
Romans 12:1984 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Exodus 20:383 votes
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Romans 7:782 votes
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Exodus 20:1380 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
Deuteronomy 5:6-2180 votes
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 4:1377 votes
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.
John 15:1077 votes
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.
Matthew 5:1-4874 votes
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
Romans 7:1273 votes
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Exodus 20:772 votes
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 20:1772 votes
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Exodus 20:1571 votes
Thou shalt not steal.
1 Corinthians 6:971 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Exodus 20:1270 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
What does the Bible say about breaking the ten commandments?
Readers most often cite John 14:15 on the subject of breaking the ten commandments. Across 8,640 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 20:1-26, 1 John 2:4, Matthew 5:19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.