Where are the Ten Commandments
in the Old and New Testaments?

The New Testament restates each of the Ten Commandments, either in exact words or in words conveying the same meaning. These inspired writers understood that the law given on Mt. Sinai which was "written with the finger of God" (Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 9:10) was NOT abrogated or abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

Below are the Ten Commandments as recorded in Exodus 20:3-17 with the New Testament version (or equivalent) of each one printed immediately afterward. A comparison will reveal that the ENTIRE Decalogue has been carried over into the New Testament after the cross and that it was intended to be in force during the new dispensation, which includes the present time, and until Christ returns to establish His eternal Kingdom.

The below scripture quotes are taken from the New King James Version Bible unless otherwise noted.

First Commandment

Old Testament:

"You shall have no other gods before Me." (Exodus 20:3)

New Testament:

"You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve."
(Matthew 4:10; 1Corinthians 8:6).

Second Commandment

Old Testament:

"You shall not make for yourself a carved image—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 nor 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 fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments." (Exodus 20:4-6)

"Little children, keep yourselves from idols. " (1John 5:21).

"Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising." (Acts 17:29).

Third Commandment

Old Testament:

"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." (Exodus 20:7)

New Testament:

" . . . that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. " (1Timothy 6:1).

Fourth Commandment

Old Testament:

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." (Exodus 20:8-11)

New Testament:

" . . . The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:27-28)

"For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: 'And God rested on the seventh day from all His works' . . . For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His." (Hebrews 4:4,10)

"For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, . . . " (Colossians 1:16).

Fifth Commandment

Old Testament:

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you." (Exodus 20:12)

New Testament:

"Honor your father and your mother . . . " (Matthew 19:19).

Sixth Commandment

Old Testament:

"You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13)

New Testament:

"You shall not murder . . . " (Matthew 19:18, Romans 13:9).

Seventh Commandment

Old Testament:

"You shall not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:14)

New Testament:

"You shall not commit adultery . . . " (Matthew 19:18, Romans 13:9).

Eighth Commandment

Old Testament:

"You shall not steal." (Exodus 20:15)

New Testament:

"You shall not steal . . . " (Matthew 19:18, Romans 13:9).

Ninth Commandment

Old Testament:

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." (Exodus 20:16)

New Testament:

"You shall not bear false witness . . . " (Matthew 19:18, Romans 13:9).

Tenth Commandment

Old Testament:

"You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s." (Exodus 20:17)

New Testament:

" . . . For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.' "
(Romans 7:7).

One Final Thought

While it is true that we are saved by grace through faith, it is very evident that something besides grace is necessary, for the Bible says:

"But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?" (James 2:20)

" . . . faith working through love." (Galatians 5:6)

These statement obey Jesus in that Jesus stated:

"If you love Me, keep My commandments." (John 14:15).

The Author and Finisher of our faith (Jesus) plainly said:

" . . . But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." (Matthew 19:17).