Mitzvah
A comprehensive listing of the Biblical commandments (Mitzvot)
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| # | Law | Scripture |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | To know there is a God. | Exodus 20:2 |
| 2 | To have not other gods. | Exodus 20:3 |
| 3 | To know that He is one. | Deuteronomy 6:4 |
| 4 | To love Him. | Deuteronomy 6:5 |
| 5 | To fear Him. | Deuteronomy 10:20 |
| 6 | To sanctify His Name. | Leviticus 22:32 |
| 7 | Not to profane His Name. | Leviticus 22:32 |
| 8 | To worship Him as He has ordered and not destroy holy objects. | Deuteronomy 12:4 |
| 9 | To listen to the true prophet. | Deuteronomy 18:15 |
| 10 | Not to test the prophet. | Deuteronomy 6:16 |
| 11 | To emulate His ways. | Deuteronomy 28:9 |
| 12 | To be with those who only worship Him. | Deuteronomy 10:20 |
| 13 | To love your neighbor as yourself. | Leviticus 19:18 |
| 14 | To love converts. | Deuteronomy 10:19 |
| 15 | Not to hate your brother in your heart. | Leviticus 19:17 |
| 16 | To reprove your brother when necessary. | Leviticus 19:17 |
| 17 | Not to embarrass others. | Leviticus 19:17 |
| 18 | Not to oppress the weak. | Exodus 22:21 |
| 19 | Not to slander. | Leviticus 19:16 |
| 20 | Not to take revenge. | Leviticus 19:18 |
| 21 | Not to bear a grudge. | Leviticus 19:18 |
| 22 | Teach Torah to your children. | Deuteronomy 6:7 |
| 23 | To respect and defer to the elders. | Leviticus 19:32 |
| 24 | Do not turn to the ways of idol worship. | Leviticus 19:4 |
| 25 | Let the fringes on your clothes remind you to have pure conduct. | Numbers 15:39 |
| 26 | Not to blaspheme or curse a judge. | Exodus 22:27 |
| 27 | Not to worship idols. | Exodus 20:5 |
| 28 | Not to bow down to idols. | Exodus 20:5 |
| 29 | Not to make an idol. | Exodus 20:4 |
| 30 | Not to make or cast an image. | Leviticus 19:4 |
| 31 | Not to make gods of silver or gold. | Exodus 20:20 |
| 32 | Not to turn a people to idolatry. | Exodus 23:13 |
| 33 | To destroy a city that has turned to idol worship. | Deuteronomy 13:17 |
| 34 | Not to rebuild that city. | Deuteronomy 13:17 |
| 35 | Not to retain any benefit from that city. | Deuteronomy 13:18 |
| 36 | Not to missionize a person to idol worship. | Deuteronomy 13:12 |
| 37 | Not to love the missionary. | Deuteronomy 13:9 |
| 38 | Not to stop hating him. | Deuteronomy 13:9 |
| 39 | Not to save him. | Deuteronomy 13:9 |
| 40 | Not to speak in his defense. | Deuteronomy 13:9 |
| 41 | Not to refrain from incriminating him. | Deuteronomy 13:9 |
| 42 | Not to prophesize in idolatry. | Deuteronomy 18:20 |
| 43 | To ignore the false prophet. | Deuteronomy 13:4 |
| 44 | Not to prophesize falsely in God's name. | Deuteronomy 18:20 |
| 45 | Not to fear killing a false prophet. | Deuteronomy 18:22 |
| 46 | Never swear in the name of an idol. | Exodus 23:13 |
| 47 | Not to perform as or acknowledge those who purport to channel spirits. | Leviticus 19:31 |
| 48 | Not to perform as or consult fortunetellers. | Leviticus 19:31 |
| 49 | Not to burn your children in a sacrificial fire to Molech. | Leviticus 18:21 |
| 50 | Not to erect a stone pillar in a place of public worship. | Deuteronomy 16:22 |