# מִצְוָה (mitsvah)

Israeli respelling: mits-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4687. 177 Old Testament occurrences.

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

King James renderings: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/mitsvah-h4687

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 26:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/5) — Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- [Exodus 15:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/15/26) — And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear…
- [Exodus 16:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/16/28) — And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
- [Exodus 20:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/20/6) — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- [Exodus 24:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/24/12) — 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…
- [Leviticus 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/4/2) — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning thi…
- [Leviticus 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/4/13) — And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somew…
- [Leviticus 4:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/4/22) — When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which s…
- [Leviticus 4:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/4/27) — And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning t…
- [Leviticus 5:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/5/17) — And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, ye…
- [Leviticus 22:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/22/31) — Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
- [Leviticus 26:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/26/3) — If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
- [Leviticus 26:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/26/14) — But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
- [Leviticus 26:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/26/15) — And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my c…
- [Leviticus 27:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/34) — These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
- [Numbers 15:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/15/22) — And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
- [Numbers 15:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/15/31) — Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be u…
- [Numbers 15:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/15/39) — And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye se…
- [Numbers 15:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/15/40) — That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
- [Numbers 36:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/36/13) — These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Mo…
- [Deuteronomy 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/2) — 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…
- [Deuteronomy 4:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/40) — Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy ch…
- [Deuteronomy 5:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/10) — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
- [Deuteronomy 5:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/29) — 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…
- [Deuteronomy 5:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/31) — But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou sh…
- [Deuteronomy 6:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/1) — Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in t…
- [Deuteronomy 6:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/2) — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy s…
- [Deuteronomy 6:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/17) — Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
- [Deuteronomy 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/25) — And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
- [Deuteronomy 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/9) — 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 co…
- [Deuteronomy 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/11) — Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
- [Deuteronomy 8:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/1) — All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land w…
- [Deuteronomy 8:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/2) — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee,…
- [Deuteronomy 8:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/6) — Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
- [Deuteronomy 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/11) — Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee th…
- [Deuteronomy 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/10/13) — To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
- [Deuteronomy 11:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/1) — Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
- [Deuteronomy 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/8) — Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither y…
- [Deuteronomy 11:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/13) — And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and…
- [Deuteronomy 11:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/22) — For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways,…
- [Deuteronomy 11:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/27) — A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
- [Deuteronomy 11:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/28) — And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go a…
- [Deuteronomy 13:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/4) — Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto…
- [Deuteronomy 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/18) — When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is r…
- [Deuteronomy 15:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/5) — Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
- [Deuteronomy 17:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/17/20) — That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to…
- [Deuteronomy 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/9) — If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways…
- [Deuteronomy 26:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/26/13) — Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the L…
- [Deuteronomy 26:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/26/17) — Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgme…
- [Deuteronomy 26:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/26/18) — And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandm…
- [Deuteronomy 27:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/1) — And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
- [Deuteronomy 27:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/10) — Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
- [Deuteronomy 28:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/1) — And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments w…
- [Deuteronomy 28:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/9) — The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy…
- [Deuteronomy 28:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/13) — And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken…
- [Deuteronomy 28:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/15) — But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statu…
- [Deuteronomy 28:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/45) — Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst…
- [Deuteronomy 30:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/30/8) — And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
- [Deuteronomy 30:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/30/10) — If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the l…
- [Deuteronomy 30:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/30/11) — For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
- [Deuteronomy 30:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/30/16) — In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgme…
- [Deuteronomy 31:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/31/5) — And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
- [Joshua 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/22/3) — Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
- [Joshua 22:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/22/5) — But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and t…
- [Judges 2:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/2/17) — And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned qui…
- [Judges 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/3/4) — And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathe…
- [1 Samuel 13:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/13/13) — And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now…
- [1 Kings 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/3) — And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testim…
- [1 Kings 2:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/43) — Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
- [1 Kings 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/3/14) — And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
- [1 Kings 6:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/6/12) — Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments…
- [1 Kings 8:58](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/58) — That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which…
- [1 Kings 8:61](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/61) — Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
- [1 Kings 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/9/6) — But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set befo…
- [1 Kings 11:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/34) — Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake,…
- [1 Kings 11:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/38) — And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my…
- [1 Kings 13:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/13/21) — And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD,…
- [1 Kings 14:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/14/8) — And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandmen…
- [1 Kings 18:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/18) — And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and t…
- [2 Kings 17:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/13) — Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, a…
- [2 Kings 17:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/16) — And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped al…
- [2 Kings 17:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/19) — Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
- [2 Kings 17:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/34) — Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or…
- [2 Kings 17:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/37) — And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye…
- [2 Kings 18:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/6) — For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
- [2 Kings 18:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/36) — But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
- [2 Kings 23:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/3) — And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimoni…
- [1 Chronicles 28:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/28/7) — Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
- [1 Chronicles 28:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/28/8) — Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandmen…
- [1 Chronicles 29:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/29/19) — And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and…
- [2 Chronicles 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/7/19) — But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worsh…
- [2 Chronicles 8:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/8/13) — Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the sole…
- [2 Chronicles 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/8/14) — And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges…
- [2 Chronicles 8:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/8/15) — And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
- [2 Chronicles 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/4) — And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
- [2 Chronicles 17:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/17/4) — But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
- [2 Chronicles 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/19/10) — And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment,…
- [2 Chronicles 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/24/20) — And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God,…
- [2 Chronicles 24:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/24/21) — And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
- [2 Chronicles 29:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/29/15) — And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD,…
- [2 Chronicles 29:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/29/25) — And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and o…
- [2 Chronicles 30:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/30/6) — So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the k…
- [2 Chronicles 30:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/30/12) — Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
- [2 Chronicles 31:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/31/21) — And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it wit…
- [2 Chronicles 34:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/34/31) — And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimo…
- [2 Chronicles 35:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/35/10) — So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.
- [2 Chronicles 35:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/35/15) — And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s…
- [2 Chronicles 35:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/35/16) — So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, ac…
- [Ezra 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/7/11) — Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the comman…
- [Ezra 9:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/9/10) — And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
- [Ezra 9:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/9/14) — Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till…
- [Ezra 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/10/3) — Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my l…
- [Nehemiah 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/1/5) — And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and obse…
- [Nehemiah 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/1/7) — We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst…
- [Nehemiah 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/1/9) — But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet…
- [Nehemiah 9:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/13) — Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes an…
- [Nehemiah 9:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/14) — And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
- [Nehemiah 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/16) — But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- [Nehemiah 9:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/29) — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandm…
- [Nehemiah 9:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/34) — Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, w…
- [Nehemiah 10:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/10/29) — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the…
- [Nehemiah 10:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/10/32) — Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
- [Nehemiah 11:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/11/23) — For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
- [Nehemiah 12:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/12/24) — And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to…
- [Nehemiah 12:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/12/45) — And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, a…
- [Nehemiah 13:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/5) — And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe…
- [Esther 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/3/3) — Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
- [Job 23:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/23/12) — Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- [Psalms 19:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/8) — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- [Psalms 78:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/7) — That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
- [Psalms 89:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/31) — If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
- [Psalms 112:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/112/1) — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- [Psalms 119:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/6) — Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
- [Psalms 119:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/10) — With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
- [Psalms 119:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/19) — I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
- [Psalms 119:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/21) — Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- [Psalms 119:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/32) — I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- [Psalms 119:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/35) — Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- [Psalms 119:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/47) — And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
- [Psalms 119:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/48) — My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
- [Psalms 119:60](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/60) — I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
- [Psalms 119:66](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/66) — Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
- [Psalms 119:73](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/73) — Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
- [Psalms 119:86](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/86) — All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
- [Psalms 119:96](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/96) — I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
- [Psalms 119:98](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/98) — Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
- [Psalms 119:115](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/115) — Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
- [Psalms 119:127](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/127) — Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
- [Psalms 119:131](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/131) — I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
- [Psalms 119:143](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/143) — Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
- [Psalms 119:151](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/151) — Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
- [Psalms 119:166](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/166) — LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
- [Psalms 119:172](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/172) — My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
- [Psalms 119:176](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/176) — I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- [Proverbs 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/2/1) — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- [Proverbs 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/3/1) — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- [Proverbs 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/4/4) — He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- [Proverbs 6:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/20) — My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- [Proverbs 6:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/23) — For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- [Proverbs 7:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/7/1) — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- [Proverbs 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/7/2) — Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
- [Proverbs 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/8) — The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
- [Proverbs 13:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/13) — Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
- [Proverbs 19:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/19/16) — He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
- [Ecclesiastes 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/8/5) — Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
- [Ecclesiastes 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/13) — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
- [Isaiah 29:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/13) — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their h…
- [Isaiah 36:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/36/21) — But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
- [Isaiah 48:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/18) — O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
- [Jeremiah 32:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/11) — So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
- [Jeremiah 35:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/35/14) — The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but…
- [Jeremiah 35:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/35/16) — Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath…
- [Jeremiah 35:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/35/18) — And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment…
- [Daniel 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/4) — And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to…
- [Daniel 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/5) — We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy ju…
- [Malachi 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/2/1) — And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
- [Malachi 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/2/4) — And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.