Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Notice how “gods” is not capitalized. Our God, the creator, is the only one who gets a big G!
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto
thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
👉In other words, we don’t worship objects – we worship GOD!👈
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain;
for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
God’s name is very special. We shouldn’t use His name just because we’re angry, surprised, or trying to make someone believe something that isn’t true. We should use God’s name with love and respect.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Honour thy father and thy mother:
that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
In other words, when you’re married – don’t cheat on your spouse!
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
This simply means don’t lie to or about ANYONE.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
A “neighbor” is any fellow human.
Covet means wanting something that belongs to someone else so badly that you
become unhappy or jealous because you don’t have it. You should never covet anything of anybody’s!