CHRIST’S 40 COMMANDMENTS

and

CHRIST’S 40 COMMANDMENTS FOR USE BY THOSE IN MINISTRY

 BOTH COMPILED BY

RENEE VALVERDE WAGENBLATT

 

 Both texts list Jesus Christ’s forty commandments followed by associated verses found in and copied verbatim from the gospels of the New International Version (NIV) Bible.

The punctuation follows the text in the NIV Bible. Sometimes the quote began earlier or ended later so the quote marks are not present with this verse.

 

SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE COMMANDMENTS

(Books give all verses associated with these commandments.)

 

DON’T BE AFRAID / DO HAVE FAITH / DON’T JUDGE

DO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / DO PRAY / DO REPENT / DO GIVE THANKS

 

 

SOME COMMANDMENTS WITH ONE SAMPLE VERSE

(Books give all verses associated with these commandments.)

 

DO ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS

Mt 10:32

  “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

 

DO HAVE GOOD CONDUCT

Mt 16:27

For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

 

DO GOOD DEEDS

Mt 6:20

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

 

DO LISTEN / ACT ON GOD’S WORD

Mt 7:24

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

 

DO PREPARE / WATCH

Mt 24:44

So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

 

DO PROPER SPEECH / THOUGHTS

Mt 12:37

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

 

DO TEACH / PREACH

Mt 28:20

…and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

 

 

SOME COMMANDMENTS WITH MANY VERSES

(Books give all verses associated with these commandments.)

 

DO FORGIVE / SHOW MERCY

Mt 6:14

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

 

Mk 11:25

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

 

Lk 6:36

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

 

Lk 6:37

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

 

Lk 11:4

Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’” (Part of prayer given by Jesus.)

 

DON’T WORRY

Mt 6:34

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

 

Lk 12:22

Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what your will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.

 

Lk 21:34

“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighted down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

 

Jn 14:1

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.