God gave Moses His
    Ten Commandments
        on Mt. Sinai.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS


These are the Commandments which God
gave to man to guide him to
happiness in this life and in the next:


  1. I AM THE LORD THY GOD:  THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME.
    2. Commands:  faith, hope, love and worship of God, reverence for holy things, prayer.

    Forbids:  idolatry, superstition; spiritualism, seances, astrology, fortune telling, ouija boards and all occult practices; tempting God, sacrilege, attendance at false worship.


  2. THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.
    3. Commands:  reverence in speaking about God and holy things; the keeping of oaths and vows.

    Forbids:  blasphemy, the irreverent use of God's name, speaking disrespectfully of holy things, false oaths and the breaking of vows.


  3. REMEMBER THOU KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH DAY.
    4. Commands:  going to Church on Sundays and Holy Days.
    Forbids:  missing Church through one's own fault; unnecessary servile work; public buying and selling; court trials.


  4. HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER.
    5. Commands:  love, respect, obedience on the part of children; care on the part of parents for the spiritual and temporal welfare of their children; obedience to civil and religious superiors.

    Forbids:  hatred of parents and superiors; disrespect and disobedience.


  5. THOU SHALL NOT KILL.
    6. Commands:  safeguarding of one's own life and bodily welfare of that of others; controlling one's anger.

    Forbids:  unjust killing, suicide, abortion, euthanasia, artificial contraception, sterilization, fist fights, endangering life and limb of self or others.


  6. THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
    7. Commands:  chastity in word and deed; avoiding occasions of sin.

    Forbids:  pornography, bad movies, obscene speech; impure actions alone or with others; masturbation, fornication, homosexuality, incest, bestiality.


  7. THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
    8. Commands:  respect for the property and rights of others; the paying of just debts; paying just wages to employees; integrity in public officials.

    Forbids:  theft; damage to the property of others; not paying just debts; not returning found or borrowed articles; giving unjust measure or weight in selling; not paying just wages; bribery; graft; cheating; fraud; accepting stolen property; not giving an honest day's work for wages received; violation of contract.


  8. THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR.
    9. Commands:  truthfulness, respect for the good name of other; the observance of secrecy when required.

    Forbids:  lying, injury to good name of others, slander, tale bearing, rashjudgement, contemptuous speech; and the violation of secrecy.


  9. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE.
    10. Commands:  purity in thought.

    Forbids:  willful impure thoughts and desires.


  10. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S GOODS.
    11. Commands:  respect for the rights of others.

    Forbids:  the desire to take, to keep, or to damage the property of others.