Bible Verses About Commandments
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for commandments, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 98,610 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 Commandments
John 14:151,609 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Exodus 34:281,444 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 4:131,423 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.
Romans 13:91,373 votes
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Exodus 24:121,343 votes
And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Exodus 20:31,214 votes
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
John 15:101,187 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.
Leviticus 22:311,160 votes
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
Exodus 20:1-261,041 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Exodus 20:11,006 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Deuteronomy 7:9992 votes
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
John 14:21985 votes
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Exodus 20:1-17967 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Exodus 20:7953 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.
Ecclesiastes 12:13941 votes
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Exodus 20:14926 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:12920 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Exodus 20:13888 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
2 John 1:6877 votes
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Deuteronomy 5:29869 votes
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Deuteronomy 4:2864 votes
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
Matthew 22:40851 votes
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Matthew 22:37-40832 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Exodus 20:15822 votes
Thou shalt not steal.
Deuteronomy 6:5809 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
What does the Bible say about commandments?
Readers most often cite John 14:15 on the subject of commandments. Across 98,610 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13, Romans 13:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.