These are the Ten Commandments that God gave to man to guide him to happiness in this life for the next. The law was given through Moses; Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17).

I • I AM THE LORD THY GOD: THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME.

COMMANDS: faith, hope, love, and worship of God; reverence for holy things, prayer.

FORBIDS: idolatry, superstition, spiritism, tempting God, sacrilege, attendance at false worship.

II • THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.

COMMANDS: reverence in speaking about God and holy things; the keeping of oaths and vows.

FORBIDS: blasphemy, the irreverent use of God's name, speaking disrespectfully of holy things, false oaths, and the breaking of vows.

III • REMEMBER THOU KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH DAY.

COMMANDS: going to church on Sundays and holy days of obligation.

FORBIDS: missing church through one's own fault; unnecessary servile work; public buying and selling; court trials.

IV • HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER.

COMMANDS: love, respect, obedience on the part of children; care on the part of parents for hte spiritual and temporal welfare of their children; obedience to civil and religious superiors.

FORBIDS: hatred of parents and speriors; disrespect, disobedience.

V • THOU SHALT NOT KILL.

COMMANDS: safeguarding of one's own life and bodily welfare of that of others.

FORBIDS: unjust killing, suicide, abortion, sterilization, dueling, endangering life and limb of self or others.

 

VI • THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.

COMMANDS: chastity in word, and deed.

FORBIDS: obscene speech; impure actions alone or with others.

VII • THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.

COMMANDS: respect for the property and rights of others. the paying of just debts; paying just wages to employees; integrity in public officials; respect for the created electronic goods and services.

FORBIDS: theft; damage to the property and rights of others; not paying just debts; not returning found or borrowed articles; giving unjust measure or weight in selling; not paying just wages; bribery; graft; cheating; fraud; accepting stolen property; not giving an honest day's work ofr wages received; violation of contract; not being a good netizen by robbing someone of their right to receiving just compensation for created electronic goods and services.

VIII • THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR.

COMMANDS: truthfulness, respect for the good name of others; the observanceof secrecy when required.

FORBIDS: lying, injury to the good name of others, slander, talebearing, rash judgment, contemptuous pseech, and the violation of secrecy.

IX • THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE.

COMMANDS: purity in thought.

FORBIDS: willful impure thoughts and desires.

X • THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S GOODS.

COMMANDS: respect for the rights of others.

FORBIDS: the desire to take, to keep, or to damage the property of others.

 

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