Sentence examples for commandment against from inspiring English sources

The commandment against stealing is clear and simple.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of breaking the biblical commandment against killing.

There's a commandment against the sin of raising graven images, he reminds us.

"Miller!" With that, the marines' near mystical commandment against leaving a comrade behind seized the group.

The commandment against coveting warns against devoting energy to acquiring goods and possessions.

And he violated the Second Commandment, against putting other gods before him, Pastor Schulz said.

At one point, Fob James Jr., then the governor, threatened to call out the National Guard to defend the Ten Commandments against court-ordered removal.

The second tablet spells out our obligations toward others: Honor your father and mother, You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, and two commandments against coveting.

If the Ten Commandments constitute our greatest source of morality, why is it there no commandments saying do not rape, do not torture, or do not commit incest, yet there are commandments against swearing, working on Sunday, and making statues to other gods?

Perusing other people's real estate is a habit so soul-killing that one of the 10 commandments warned against coveting your neighbor's house.

The Bible advises stoning for, among other offences, being a wizard, touching Mount Sinai while Moses receives the ten commandments, rebelling against your parents, or goring someone to death, if you are an ox.