Commandments Etymology Violations/Sins Demand Relevance

Commandment God clearly said,  Despair: refusal to  We turn only When we

1: "I am," and tells trust that God will to Him in prioritize God,
Thou shall have His people to give us the grace prayer and we recognize
no other gods worship Him we need in life worship as that He is the
before me alone. The  Envy the one true universe's
Hebrew  Sloth: a lazy spirit God. creator and
expression  Superstition  We hold Him sustainer,
"besides me" or (believing in in reverence deserving of our
"before me" dreams, astrology, and honor loyalty and
means "in my and seeing spirit Him more devotion. There
presence," and mediums) than anyone are several ways
the implication is Sacrilege: abuse of or anything we can give God
that nothing else sacred individuals, else. top priority in our
in your life can locations, or  God life. By spending
be considered objects. demands that time in prayer
God. "No deity, we love Him and Bible study,
real or imagined, more than attending church,
can compete anyone or helping others,
with the one true anything and leading a life
God in the heart else. that pleases
and life of  To believe God, we can
Israel." Not only His promises accomplish this.
must the real and to put We can feel
God be at the our trust in God's peace,
top, but also the Him more pleasure, and
only one. than we trust love when we
anyone or prioritize Him in
anything our lives.
else.

Commandment The term "vain"  Disrespectfully His name We can take

2: (as it is invoking the Lord's comes before God's name in
Thou shall not translated in the name all other vain in a variety
take the name ESV) can also  Blasphemy names and of ways. We can
of the Lord thy mean "empty,"  Perjury we do not tell achieve this by
God in vain "nothing,"  Cursing God who He using it
"worthless," or is, He tells us. carelessly or
"to no good  to show disrespectfully, in
purpose," we are respect for bogus vows, or
barred from God, the as a curse word.
using God's saints, and When we
name (or taking sacred engage in any of
up the name, or objects. these behaviors,
bearing the  to swear we insult God
name, as the oaths and his authority.
phrase could be honestly and This
translated) in a uphold them commandment
wicked, useless, to honor our teaches us to
 or for improper commitments reverently and
means. This solely utilize the
does not mean name of God for
that we should good.
never invoke the
heavenly name.
The Old
Testament has
over 7,000
occurrences of
the word YHWH
(or Yahweh),
which is usually
translated as
"the Lord" in
English.
Commandment The word  Missing mass  Sunday It shows our
3: remember purposely worship commitment to
Remember the Simply mean  Not keeping Holy involves honor and
Sabbath day, to “keep this Days of Obligation participating worship God and
keep it holy command in  Unnecessary work in Mass. keep our
mind” with no on Sundays.  Rest more, covenants. It will
reference to an  By doing servile and spend bring us closer to
earlier directive. labour yourself or more time in the Lord and our
In the phrase of making others do prayer and family. It will give
“ The Sabbath it for you. spiritual us an eternal
day”, Sabbath  By being reading. perspective and
comes from a negligent about spiritual strength.
Hebrew word going to places of Also, it allows us
meaning “day of public religion. to relax our
rest.” In the  By partaking in bodies and
phrase of “to excessively tiring minds after a
keep it holy”, or immoral long week of
This four-word activities as work.
phrase in entertainment.
English is only
one word in
Hebrew. It
means
“consecrate,”
“set apart,” or
“sanctify.”
Commandment The Hebrew  Disrespect  Love and When kids
4: word for "honor"  Malice respect our respect their
Honor your is kavod, which  Disobedience parents parents, they
father and your also means  Failure to care for  Obey them in learn about
mother "weight," "value," aged parents all things that responsibility
or "dignity."  Wishing death or are not sinful and authority.
Therefore, the evil on parents  Provide them
They come to
commandment appreciate the
with material
literally means sacrifices their
 "to give weight and moral parents made for
to your father support in old them as well. A
and mother." age, illness, and more contented
This can be distress. and successful
interpreted in a  Superiors must community may
number of ways, care for those result from this.
but generally entrusted to There are many
speaking, it different ways to
them
means to show honor your
 Respect and
respect, parents.
obedience, and obey our legal Spending time
love to one's authorities with them,
parents. The paying attention
prohibition of to what they
disrespecting have to say, and
one's parents helping them
exists in many around the
other cultures house are all
and religions. It ways to show
is one of the five your thanks.
pillars of Islam
and is a part of
Confucianism,
Hinduism, and
other world
religions.
Commandment The Hebrew word  Formal  Self-defense Everyone has the
5: for "kill" in the participation in an actions when right to life, and
Thou shall not commandment is abortion necessary no one has the
kill ratsakh, which  Human embryos  Human right to take that
can mean both are being exploited embryo right away from
"to murder" and for disposable defense, care, them. "You shall
"to kill." The biological material. and healing not kill" is an
Greek word for  Euthanasia  Respecting invitation to
"kill" in the New  Kidnapping / and caring for peace. When
Testament is kidnapping of the bodies of people kill each
phoneuo, which hostages the dead other, the world
has a broader  Fighting, rage,  Keeping the becomes violent
meaning than the hatred, and peace and and chaotic. It
English word vengeance avoiding war reminds us of the
"murder."  Drunkenness  Not causing
sanctity of life. All
human life is a gift
 Unsafe driving any harm to
from God, and we
our neighbor
must respect it.
 Taking
medication as
needed

Commandment The sixth  Adultery  Chastity The sixth and

6 and 9: commandment,  Lust  Self control ninth
"Thou shalt not Do Not Commit  Fornication  Being modest commandment
commit Adultery,  Pornography and pure in forbids all lustful
adultery"; "Thou encourages us  Incest actions behavior for
shalt not covet to regard  Rape single people
thy neighbour's marriage as a  Divorce because it is
wife". sacred  Prostitution contrary to their
covenantal nature, and it
connection and forbids any
to uphold it. It perversion of
challenges us to marital relations
grow in our for married
adoration and people because
reverence for it is a flagrant
one another, for violation of their
union, and for sacred bond.
the family. These two
commandments
The ninth are intended to
commandment, bind them
"Do Not Covet together by the
Your Neighbor's bond of
Wife," exhorts us matrimony.
to love others Couples/spouses
sacrificially and are commanded
to never take in the sixth and
advantage of ninth
them. It commandments
encourages us to show
to look for the unshakeable,
positive in our solemn fidelity to
own spouses one another.
and families Emotional and
rather than sexual
pursuing a more faithfulness are
pleasurable requirements of
relationship with the marriage
someone else bond. Marriage
out of serves as a
selfishness. symbol of God's
fidelity to us.
Commandment The 7th  Theft  Honesty and It is an essential
7 and 10: commandment:  Robbery Integrity justice principle.
Thou shall not It is from  Burglary  Respect for Theft has a
steal; Thou shall Hebrew "‫"ל תִ ג ְ֑נ ֹב‬  Fraud Property devastating effect
not covet your means (lo on relationships.
 Extortion Rights
neighbour’s tignov) which It's possible for us
 Self-Control
goods "lo" means to feel angry and
and
"not" and Contentment betrayed when
"tignov" means  Social someone steals
 "to steal", that Responsibilit from us. This
is why "You y makes it harder to
shall not steal."  Ethical trust others and
Stewardship can be harmful to
The 10h  Cultivating a our relationships.
commandment: Just Society The fundamental
From Hebrew, human right to
"You shall not property is
covet your violated by theft.
neighbor's When someone
house; you shall steals from us,
not covet your they also take our
neighbor's wife, sense of security
or his male and well being in
addition to our
servant, or his
possessions.
female servant,
or his ox, or his
donkey, or
anything that
belongs to your
neighbour”.
Which
"tachmod"
means "to covet"
or "to desire"

Commandment The Hebrew  Lies  Speak the On the surface,

8: You Shall Not Bible, notably  Slander truth at all "You shall not
Bear False the book of  Revealing secrets times, lie" seems
Witness Against Exodus, is or hidden flaws of especially simple enough.
Your Neighbour where the others without when it comes However, the
statement "You permission to others' inspired Word of
Shall Not Bear  Rash judgment
good names the God who
False Witness  Any sin overheard understands the
and honour.
Against Your in the confessional depth of our
 We are not to
Neighbour" gets should be sinful nature
be deceptive
its etymological revealed. provides a much
 Human
roots. Exodus more complete
society is
20:16 records picture of what is
founded on
the giving of the forbidden and
mutual trust.
Ten necessary in this
Commandments commandment.
by God to the Most people will
Israelites, one of confidently
which is "You declare, "I
shall not bear haven't lied, so
false witness I'm good on this
against your one."
neighbor," which
forbids lying in a
court of law.