42 Quotes About Ten-commandments

The Hebrew original does not say, ‘Do not kill.’ It says, ‘Do not murder.’ Both Hebrew and English have two words for taking a life — one is ‘kill’ (harag, in Hebrew) and the other is ‘murder’ (ratzach in Hebrew).

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

The next time you hear someone cite, ‘Do not kill’ when quoting the sixth commandment, gently but firmly explain that it actually says, ‘Do not murder.

You give us long enough to argue over something and we will bring you in proofs to show that the Ten Commandments should never be ratified.

My eleventh commandment is to make sure I follow the first ten.

Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments.

There are ten commandments, I've only broken three.

A vague goal is no goal at all. The Ten Commandments wouldn't be very impressive, for instance, if they weren't specific, but simply were couched in a phraseology such as 'thou shalt not be a bad person.

The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law.