Commands
To Love Jesus is to Obey
Jesus!
The Two Greatest
Commandments and the New Commandment
Matthew 22:36-38; 22:39; John 13:34-35.
The "Ten
Commandments'' as Stated in the New Testament
Matthew 19:17-19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Romans
13:9-10.
Jesus'
Interpretation of Old Testament Law
Matthew 5:21-22; 5:27-28; 5:31-32; 5:33-34;
5:38-39; 5:43-44; 5:48; 7:12; 15:2-11; 19:8-9; Mark 10:4-9; Luke 6:2-10; 14:3-4;
20:28-34; John 5:16-17; 5:45-47; 7:19; 8:4-7; 8:17-18; 9;29-37; 10:33-36;
11:24-25; 12:34-35; 19:7-11.
The Four
Commandments for Gentile Converts
Acts 15:29.
Exhortations to the
Unconverted from the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 3:8; 3:10; 7:19; 3:12; 4:17; 5:20; 5:29;
6:24; 7:13-14; 7:21; 7:23; 7:26; 8:11-12; 8:22; 9:6; 9:13; 10:28; 10:32-33;
10:38-39; 11:21; 12:30; 12:34; 12:36-37; 13:30; 13:41-42; 13:49-50; 15:8; 15:13;
15:14; 15:18-20; 15:24; 16:24-26; 18:3; 18:8-9; 18:11; 18:14; 19:21; 19:24;
19:29; 21:31-32; 21:44; 22:12-13; 22:21; 23:13-15; 23:23; 23:25-26; 23:27-28;
23:31; 23:33; 24:13; 25:13; 25:30; 25:41; 25:46; 26:28; 26:52.
Fifty Ways to
Please God
Matthew 3:15; 4:4; 4:10; 6:33; 9:38; John 3:7;
4:24; Acts 2:38; 5:29; Romans 6:11; 12:1; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 14:1; 16:13;
Ephesians 4:30; 5:18; 6:18; Philippians 3:1; Colossians 3:1-2; 3:15; 3:16; 3:17;
1 Thessalonians 5:17; 5:18; 1 Timothy 4:14; 6:12; 2 Timothy 1:8; Hebrews 4:11;
10:23; 10:38; 11:6; 12:5-6; 12:13; 12:25; 13:15; James 1:21; 4:7; 5:13; 1 Peter
2:17; 3:15; 4:19; 5:7; 2 Peter 3:12; 1 John 5:13; Jude 1:20; 1:21; Revelation
2:5; 14:7.
Jesus' Commandments
and Comments Concerning Relationship
Matthew 4:19; 5:9; 5:11; 5:14; 5:16; 5:24; 5:25;
5:40; 5:41; 5:42; 5:46-47; 6:2; 6:5; 6:14; 6:16; 7:1; 7:5; 7:6; 7:12; 7:20; 8:4;
8:22; 9:11-12; 9:38; 10:6-7; 10:8; 10:14; 10:16; 10:17-19; 10:22; 10:28; 10:32;
10:37; 10:40; 10:42; 14:16; 18:5; 18:6; 18:15-17; 18:19; 18:21-22; 18:34-35;
19:11-12; 19:14-15; 19:29; 20:27-28; 22:21; 22:30; 22:39; 23:12; 24:40-41;
25:40; 26:52; 28:10; 28:19-20; Mark 5:19; 6:4; 9:38-39; 10:21; 12:38-40; Luke
5:8-10; 6:9; 6:26; 6:27-28; 6:34-35; 6:36; 6:38; 7:44-47; 10:36-37; 12:15;
14:8-10; 14:13-14; 15:31-32; 17:3; 22:27; John 13:14; 13:35; 15:13-14; 20:23;
21:15.
Guidelines from the
Early Church Concerning Relationships
Acts 1:24-26; 2:44-45; 3:6; 4:32-35; 6:1-3; 7:60;
10:15; 10:28; 10:34-35; 10:47-48; 11:17; 14:27; 15:19-20; 15:31-32; 15:36;
16:32-33; 20:20; 20:35; 23:3-5; 27:33-34; 28:30.
Paul's Examples and
Exhortations About How to Treat Others
Romans 1:8-9; 2:1; 9:3; 10:1; 11:17-18; 12:10;
12:13-20; 13:1-2; 13:6-7; 13:8; 13:9-10; 14:1-2; 14:4; 14:10; 14:13; 14:15;
14:19-21; 15:1-3; 15:5-7; 15:20; 16:2; 16:3-4; 16:6-12; 16:16; 16:17; 1
Corinthians 1:10; 3:3-4; 3:9; 4:11-13; 5:4-5; 5:9-13; 6:1-3; 6:7; 8:9; 8:13;
10:24; 10:27-29; 10:32-33; 12:14-18; 12:25-26; 13:3; 16:1-2; 16:16; 2
Corinthians 4:1-2; 6:3; 8:21; 9:7; 10:7; Galatians 2:10; 3:28; 5:15; 5:26;
6:1-2; 6:10; Ephesians 4:1-3; 4:25-26; 4:28-29; 4:32; 6:5-7; 6:9; Philippians
1:27-28; 2:3-4; Colossians 2:8; 3:9-13; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; 5:14-15; 2
Thessalonians 3:14-15; 1 Timothy 4:12; 5:1-3; 5:20-22; 6:17-19; 2 Timothy
2:24-25; Titus 3:10-11.
Exhortations from
Other Apostles About how to Treat Others
James 1:27; 2:9; 2:15-16; 4:4; 4:11; 5:9; 5:14;
5:16; 1 Peter 1:22; 2:12-4; 2:17; 2:18-20; 3:8-9; 3:14-15; 4:8-10; 5:14; 2 Peter
1:5-7; 1 John 2:9-11; 3:11; 3:14-18; 3:23; 4:7-8; 4:11-12; 4:20-21; 5:16; 2 John
1:5-6; 1:10-11; Jude 1:21-23; Revelation 2:2.
Eight Warnings
Concerning Evil Spirits
Matthew 12:43-45; Ephesians 4:27; 6:11; James 4:7;
1 Peter 5:8-9; 1 John 4:1-3; Revelation 14:9-11; 16:14.
Principles for Good
Family Relationships
1 Corinthians 7:2-5; 7:10-15; 11:3; 2 Corinthians
6:14; 12:14; Ephesians 6:1-4; Colossians 3:18-21; 1 Timothy 5:8; 5:14; 1 Peter
3:1-7.
Guidelines for
Church Leaders
Acts 6:3-4; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 3:8-13; 5:17-20; Titus
1:6-9; James 5:13-14; 1 Peter 5:1-4.
All Disciples of Jesus
have a Duty to Care:
It is a Christians duty
to pray for the afflicted: Acts 12:5; Philippians 1:12-21; James 5:4.
It is a Christians duty
to sympathise with the afflicted: Romans 12:15; Galatians 6:2.
It is a Christians duty
to pity the afflicted: Job 6:14.
It is a Christians duty
to bear the afflicted in mind: Hebrews 13:3.
It is a Christians duty
to visit the afflicted: James 1:27.
It is a Christians duty
to comfort the afflicted: Job 16:15; Job 29:25; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 1
Thessalonians 4:18.
It is a Christians duty
to relieve them: Job 31:19-20; Isaiah 58:10; Philippians 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:10.
It is a Christians duty
to protect them: Psalms 82:3; Proverbs 22:22; 31:5.
Ministers of the gospel
should console the afflicted: Isaiah 40:1-2; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 2 Corinthians
1:3-11.
The afflicted seek
consolation in vain from the world: Psalms 69:20; Ecclesiastes 4:1-2;
Lamentations 1:2.
Justice
God commands justice:
Deuteronomy 16:20; Isaiah 56:1.
Jesus is an example of
justice: Psalms 98:9; Isaiah 11:4; Jeremiah 23:5.
Justice is specially
required of rulers: 2 Samuel 23:3.
God requires justice to
be executed: Deuteronomy 16:18.
Be just in buying and
selling: Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:15.
Be just in dealing with
the poor: Proverbs 29:14; 31:9.
Be just to the fatherless
and widows: Isaiah 1:17.
Be just to servants:
Colossians 4:1.
God forbids bribes:
Exodus 23:8.
God requires justice to
be done: Micah 6:8.
God sets the highest
value on justice: Proverbs 21:3.
God delights in justice
being done: Proverbs 11:1.
The Holy Spirit gives us
God's wisdom to execute justice: 1 Kings 3:11; Proverbs 2:6.
God is displeased when
justice is not carried out: Ecclesiastes 5:8.
Justice brings its own
rewards: Jeremiah 22:15; Isaiah 33:15-16.
God requires all
Christians to study the principles of justice: Philippians 4:8.
God requires us to
receive instruction in justice: Proverbs 1:3.
We are to pray for wisdom
in executing justice: 1 Kings 3:9.
Christians should always
act justly: Psalms 119:121; Ezekiel 18:8.
Christians take great
pleasure in doing justice: Proverbs 21:15.
Christians should teach
others to do justice: Genesis 18:19.
God is angry at those who
lack justice: Jeremiah 21:12.
God knows that the wicked
mock justice: Proverbs 19:28.
The wicked despise
justice even to the point of distorting all that is right: Micah 3:9.
The wicked never call for
justice: Isaiah 59:4.
The wicked banish
justice: Isaiah 59:14.
The wicked pass over
justice: Luke 11:42.
The wicked afflict those
who act with justice: Job 12:4; Amos 5:12.
The apostles acted with
justice: 1 Thessalonians 2:10.
Just behaviour is proof
of our repentance: John 14:23-24.
The Justice Of God
Is part of His character:
Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 45:21.
Declared to be:
Plenteous: Job 37:23.
Incomparable: Job 4:17.
Incorruptible:
Deuteronomy 10:17.
Impartial: 2 Chronicles
19:7; Jeremiah 32:19.
Unfailing: Zephaniah 3:5.
Undeviating: Job 8:3; Job
34:12.
Without respect for
persons: Romans 2:11; Colossians 3:25; 1 Peter 1:17.
The habitation of his
throne: Psalms 89:14.
Not to be sinned against:
Jeremiah 50:7.
Denied by the ungodly:
Ezekiel 33:17-20.
Exhibited in:
Forgiving sins: 1 John
1:9.
Redemption: Romans 3:26.
His government: Psalms
9:4; Jeremiah 9:24.
His judgements: Genesis
18:25; Revelation 19:2.
All his ways: Ezekiel
18:25-29.
The final judgement: Acts
17:31.
Acknowledge: Psalms 51:4;
Romans 3:4.
Magnify: Psalms 98:9;
Psalms 99:3-4.
