Precepts
What are precepts?
God commandments, rules, warnings, and laws.
Example;
You shall love the a lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul. You shall live your neighbor as yourself.
The Ten Commandants are precepts
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Dictionary
A command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action.
An order issued by legally constituted authority to a subordinate official.
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Luke 10:27
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
Deuteronomy 13:3
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 23:9
Sanitary, Ritual, and Humanitarian Precepts
“When you go forth against your enemies and are in camp, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
Deuteronomy 33:10
He teaches your precepts to Jacob and your law to Israel. He offers incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
Hebrews 9:19For when Moses had spoken every preceptto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people.
Psalm 19;8
The Lord’s precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord’s commands are pure and give insight for life.
Psalm 111;7
His acts are characterized by faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable.
Psalm 111;10
To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
Psalm 119:4Thou hast commanded thy precepts to be kept diligently.
Psalm 119;15
I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior.
Psalm 119:27
Make me understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.
Psalm 119;40
Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!
Psalm 119;134
Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts.
Psalm 119;141
I am insignificant and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.
Psalm 119;159
See how I love your precepts! O Lord, revive me with your loyal love.
Psalm 119;173
May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts.
Proverbs 4:2
for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
Proverbs 24:1
[ Precepts and Warnings ] Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them.
Isaiah 28:13
Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them preceptupon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Jeremiah 35:18
But to the house of the Re′chabites Jeremiah said, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of Jon′adab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done all that he commanded you.
Mark 7:7
‘But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’
Colossians 2:22(referring to things which all perish as they are used), according to human precepts and doctrines?
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.