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I am the Lord your God, you shall
not have strange Gods before me.
From Exodus 20:2-17: I am the
Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage. You have no other gods before me. You shall not
make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the
Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children to the third and the fourth generations of those who
hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me
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You shall not take the name of the
Lord your God in vain.
From Exodus: You shall not take
the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him
guiltless who takes his name in vain. |
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Remember to keep holy the Lord's
Day.
From Exodus: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep
it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the
seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do
any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your
maidservant, of your cattle, or the sojourner who is with your gates;
for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day and hallowed it. |
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Honor your father and your mother.
From Exodus: Honor your father
and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord
your God gives you. |
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You shall not Kill.
From Exodus: You shall not
kill. |
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VI |
You shall not commit adultery.
From Exodus: You shall not
commit adultery. |
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You shall not steal.
From Exodus: You shall not
steal. |
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You shall not bear false witness
against your neighbor.
From Exodus: You shall not bear
false witness against your neighbor |
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You shall not covet your neighbor's
wife.
From Exodus: You shall not covet
your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his
manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that
is your neighbor's. |
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You shall not covet your neighbor's
goods.
From Exodus: You shall not covet
your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his
manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that
is your neighbor's.
St. Augustine saw envy as "the
diabolical sin," "From envy are born hatred, detraction,
calumny, joy caused by the misfortune of a neighbor, and displeasure
caused by his prosperity.
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