Mitsvah מִצְוָה

Mitsvah (Hebrew מִצְוָה, Strong's H4687) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “commandment”. It occurs 182 times in 177 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Ten Commandments

Verses

Every verse with Mitsvah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 26:5
  Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Exodus

• 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 to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
• Exodus 16:28
  And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
• Exodus 20:6
  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
• 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 which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

Leviticus

• 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 things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
• 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 somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,
• 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 should not be done, and is guilty;When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.
• 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 things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
• 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, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
• Leviticus 22:31
  Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 26:3
  If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
• Leviticus 26:14
  But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
• 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 covenant:and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
• Leviticus 27:34
  These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

Numbers

• Numbers 15:22
  And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—
• 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 upon him.He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”
• 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 seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
• Numbers 15:40
  That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.Then you will remember and obey all My commandments, and you will be holy to your God.
• 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 Moab by Jordan near Jericho.These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Deuteronomy

• 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 your God which I command you.You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
• 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 children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
• Deuteronomy 5:10
  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
• 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 with their children for ever!If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
• 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 shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
• 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 the land whither ye go to possess it:These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
• 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 son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
• 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.You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
• 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.And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
• 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 commandments to a thousand generations;Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
• Deuteronomy 7:11
  Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
• 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 which the Lord sware unto your fathers.You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
• 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, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Deuteronomy 8:6
  Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.
• 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 this day:Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
• Deuteronomy 10:13
  To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
• 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.You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
• 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 ye go to possess it;You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
• 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 to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
• 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, and to cleave unto him;For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
• Deuteronomy 11:27
  A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
• 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 after other gods, which ye have not known.but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
• 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 him.You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
• 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 right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
• 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.if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.
• 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 the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
• 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; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.
• 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 Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
• 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 judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
• 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 commandments;And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
• Deuteronomy 27:1
  And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.
• 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.You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”
• 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 which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
• 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 God, and walk in his ways.The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
• 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 unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
• 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 statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• 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 not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
• 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.And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
• 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 law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Deuteronomy 30:11
  For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
• 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 judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
• 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.The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.

Joshua

• 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.All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
• 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 to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Judges

• 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 quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
• 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 fathers by the hand of Moses.These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.

1 Samuel

• 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 would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

1 Kings

• 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 testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
• 1 Kings 2:43
  Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”
• 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.So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
• 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 to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
• 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 he commanded our fathers.May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
• 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.So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
• 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 before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
• 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, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
• 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 statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
• 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, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
• 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 commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
• 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 thou hast followed Baalim.“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

2 Kings

• 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, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
• 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 all the host of heaven, and served Baal.They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
• 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.and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
• 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 after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
• 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 shall not fear other gods.And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
• 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.He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
• 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.But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
• 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 testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

1 Chronicles

• 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.I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
• 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 commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
• 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 to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”

2 Chronicles

• 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 worship them;But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
• 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 solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
• 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, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
• 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.They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.
• 2 Chronicles 14:4
  And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
• 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.but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
• 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, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
• 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, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
• 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.But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
• 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, to cleanse the house of the Lord.When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.
• 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 of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
• 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 king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
• 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.Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
• 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 with all his heart, and prospered.He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
• 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 testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
• 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.So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.
• 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 seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
• 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, according to the commandment of king Josiah.So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

Ezra

• 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 commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
• Ezra 9:10
  And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
• 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 thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?
• 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 lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

Nehemiah

• 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 observe his commandments:Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
• 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 thy servant Moses.We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
• 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 will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
• 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 and commandments:You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
• 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:You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
• Nehemiah 9:16
  But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
• 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 commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
• 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, wherewith thou didst testify against them.Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
• 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 servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
• 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;We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
• 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.For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.
• 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 give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
• 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, and of Solomon his son.They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
• 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 tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

Esther

• 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?Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”

Job

• 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.I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Psalms

• Psalm 19:8
  The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
• Psalm 78:7
  That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
• Psalm 89:31
  If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
• Psalm 112:1
  Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Psalm 119:6
  Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:10
  With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:19
  I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
• Psalm 119:21
  Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:32
  I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
• Psalm 119:35
  Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
• Psalm 119:47
  And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
• Psalm 119:48
  My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
• Psalm 119:60
  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:66
  Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:73
  Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:86
  All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
• Psalm 119:96
  I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
• Psalm 119:98
  Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
• Psalm 119:115
  Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
• Psalm 119:127
  Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Psalm 119:131
  I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:143
  Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
• Psalm 119:151
  Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
• Psalm 119:166
  LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:172
  My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
• Psalm 119:176
  I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 2:1
  My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
• Proverbs 3:1
  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
• Proverbs 4:4
  He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
• Proverbs 6:20
  My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
• Proverbs 6:23
  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• Proverbs 7:1
  My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
• Proverbs 7:2
  Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
• Proverbs 10:8
  The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 13:13
  Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
• Proverbs 19:16
  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 8:5
  Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
• 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.When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

Isaiah

• 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 heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
• Isaiah 36:21
  But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
• 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:If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

Jeremiah

• 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:Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
• 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 obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
• 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 not hearkened unto me:Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
• 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 of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,

Daniel

• 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 them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
• 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 judgments:we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

Malachi

• Malachi 2:1
  And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.“And now this decree is for you, O priests:
• 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.Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).