commandment

A Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico draws inspiration from Jesus's commandment to love one's neighbor, arguing that faith demands compassion for the poor, immigrants and marginalized communities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Xiang joked that she was following the first commandment of going analog: “Touch grass.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Some referred to the commandment "thou shalt not kill".

From BBC ● May 13, 2025

His crime: taking too seriously the biblical commandment to love thy neighbor and the injunction not to kill.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

I was following one of the most important commandments of retirement: Keep busy to stave off feelings of isolation or depression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

It's one of the great dental commandments - brushing twice a day - and that's what the NHS recommends.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

They've inspired great works of art and literature, motivated countless believers to obey God's commandments and driven some of the bloodiest conflicts in the collective biography of our species.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023

For example, the first of the commandments given to Moses by Yahweh demands that the Hebrews “have no other gods before me.”

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

It was their bible, containing, as it allegedly did, the history of their race and the commandments that governed their extended lives.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer