Praising GOD for His Laws

The Psalmist praised GOD for his laws (particularly in chapter 119).

I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws. (v. 7)

Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees. (v. 12)

At midnight I rise to give thanks for your righteous laws. (v. 62)

Accept, LORD, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws. (v. 108)

Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws. (v. 164)

May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees. (v. 171)

Let me live that I may praise you, and may your law sustain me. (v. 175)

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... this is love for GOD: to keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, for everyone born of GOD overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our own faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of GOD.

- 1 John 5:3-5 

The Greatest Commandment

 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. The is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

- Matthew 22:36-40

The Light of the World

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

- John 8:12

Tenth Commandment

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

- Exodus 20:17

(Italics added for emphasis.)

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Ninth Commandment

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor." 

- Exodus 20:16

10th Commandment

Eighth Commandment

 "You shall not steal."

 - Exodus 20:15

9th Commandment

Seventh Commandment

"You shall not commit adultery."

- Exodus 20:14

Jesus said: "You have heard that it was said, "You shall not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already commit adultery with her in his heart."

- Matthew 5:27-28

8th Commandment

Sixth Commandment

 "You shall not murder."

- Exodus 20:13

Jesus said: "You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment."

- Matthew 5:21-22a

7th Commandment

Fifth Commandment

 "Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you."

- Exodus 20:12

6th Commandment

Fourth Commandment

"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor you son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six day the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath and made it holy [set apart]."

- Exodus 20:8-11

5th Commandment

Third Commandment

"You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name."

- Exodus 20:7

4th Commandment

Second Commandment

"You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."

- Exodus 20:4-6

3rd Commandment