Commandments of the Day

Here are some of God's commandments in no particular order. The symbols represent:


J Absurd
?   Pointless
N Bad
C Good

The EJAT number is a cross reference to the excellent Steve Wells' "Every Jot and Tittle" list.

Date	Bible Reference	Commandment	Type	EJAT #
21/11/2015	Deuteronomy 25:7-9	If a man refuses to take his dead brother's wife, she shall loosen his shoe and spit in his face.	J	537
24/11/2015	2 Chronicles 33:1-7	Don't put carved image in the house of God. They are evil in the sight of the Lord	?	614
25/11/2015	Exodus 22:33	Don't allow people who believe in other gods to live in your land.	N	137
26/11/2015	Exodus 22:18	Kill witches	N	103
28/11/2015	Proverbs 23:4	Don't work too hard to get rich	C	721
29/11/2015	Leviticus 19:26	Do not eat rare meat and don't be a fortune teller	J	266
30/11/2015	Deuteronomy 23:24	It's OK to eat as many of your neighbour's grapes as you want, but don't put any in a container.	C	512
01/12/2015	Exodus 31:14-15	Kill anyone who works on the Sabbath	N	152
02/12/2015	Exodus 20:13	Thou shalt not kill	C	51
03/12/2015	Exodus 35:3	Don't start a fire on the Sabbath	J	155
04/12/2015	Exodus 13:13	You must redeem every firstborn donkey by sacrificing a lamb, or breaking the donkey's neck	N	39
05/12/2015	Proverbs 31:6-7	Give strong drinks to people who are dying, and wine to people who are sad, poor or depressed	N	752
06/12/2015	Matthew 5:39	Don't resist an evil person	C	849
07/12/2015	James 5:1	Weep and howl if you are rich, in anticipation of the misery that's heading your way	J	1266
09/12/2015	1 Chronicles 16:11	Seek God's face, all the time	J
11/12/2015	Proverbs 5:19	Be satisfied with your wife's breasts	J
12/12/2015	Leviticus 19:14	Don't insult deaf people and don't trip blind people over	C
13/12/2015	Matthew 5:22	Don't say "You fool"	C
14/12/2015	Leviticus 15:12	If a man with gonorrhoea touches a clay pot, it must be broken. But if he touches a wooden pot, it must be rinsed in water.	J
17/12/2015	Leviticus 19:29	Don't make your daughter be a prostitute	C
18/12/2015	1 Chronicles 16:22	Don't touch my anointed, and don't harm my prophets	?
21/12/2015	Proverbs 23:31	Don't look at the wine while it is red	?
23/12/2015	Deuteronomy 10:12	Fear, love and serve God	?
24/12/2015	Levitivus 18:17	Don't have sex with a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter	C
26/12/2015	Leviticus 19:32	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Leviticus 25:17	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Leviticus 25:36	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 6:2	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 6:13	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 6:24	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 8:6	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 13:4	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 10:12	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 10:20	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 31:12	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Deuteronomy 31:13	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	1 Samuel 12:24	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Proverbs 3:7	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	1 Chronicles 16:25	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	2 Chronicles 19:7	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Nehemiah 5:9	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Psalm 33:8	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Proverbs 23:17	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Proverbs 24:21	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Ecclesiastes 5:7	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Isaiah 8:13	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Matthew 10:28	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	Luke 12:5	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	1 Peter 1:17	Fear God	?
26/12/2015	1 Peter 2:17	Fear God	?
27/12/2015	Proverbs 22:24	Don't be friends with angry people	N
28/12/2015	Deuteronomy 18:10-11	Don't be a wizard	J
29/12/2015	Deuteronomy 22:8	Whenever you build a new house, put a railing around the edge of the roof.	C
30/12/2015	Matthew 5:32	Don't marry a woman who is divorced	N
01/01/2016	Matthew 6:3-4	When you give to the poor, keep it secret from other people	C
03/01/2016	Deuteronomy 7:3	Don't marry a gentile	N
04/01/2016	Revelation 22:18	Don't add words to the Book of Revelation	C
04/01/2016	Revelation 22:19	Don't take words away from the Book of Revelation	C
05/01/2016	Deuteronomy 6:5	Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.	?
07/01/2016	Exodus 22:16	If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and has sex with her, she has to marry him.	N
08/01/2016	Leviticus 19:33	Do not mistreat or oppress foreigners who are living in your land	C
09/01/2016	Leviticus 11:13-19	Don't eat these birds: - eagle - vulture - black vulture - red kite - black kite - raven - horned owl - screech owl - gull - any kind of hawk - little owl - cormorant - great owl - white owl - desert owl - osprey - stork - any kind of heron - hoopoe - bat.	J
11/01/2016	Deuteronomy 21:18-21	If parents have a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey them or listen to them, all the men of the city shall stone him to death.	N
13/01/2016	Deuteronomy 20:17	Exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel (i.e. the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites and Girgashites.)	N
15/01/2016	Deuteronomy 27:23	Don't have sex with your mother-in-law.	C
16/01/2016	Matthew 6:6	Don't say your prayers in public. Go into your room, shut the door, and pray to God in secret.	C
17/01/2016	Exodus 20:9-10	Don't do any work on the seventh day. (Not just you but also your sons, daughters, servants, animals and any foreigners in town).	?
	Exodus 34:21
	Leviticus 23:3
	Deuteronomy 5:13-14
	Jeremiah 17:21-22
19/01/2016	Ephesians 4:30	Don't cause The Holy Ghost to feel sad or unhappy.	?
21/01/2016	Deuteronomy 25:11-12	If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to the rescue, and she reaches out and grabs his genitals, you must cut off her hand and show her no pity.	N
22/01/2016	Leviticus 22:28	Don't kill a cow and its calf on the same day. (Same applies to sheep).	?
24/01/2016	1 John 4:1	Don't believe every spirit (just the ones that are from God).	?
25/01/2016	Quran (4:11)	The male shall inherit the equal of the portion of two females	N
	(see also verse 4:176).
26/01/2016	Exodus 23:13	Don't mention the names of other gods.	?
29/01/2016	Luke 12:5	"I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after killing you. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him!"	?
01/02/2016	Deuteronomy 22:11	Don't wear clothing made of wool and linen together.	?
04/02/2016	Deuteronomy 6:16	Don't tempt (or test) God	?
10/02/2016	Exodus 20:15	Don't steal	C
07/02/2016	Genesis 17:12-13	Circumcise your baby boys and any males that you buy from foreigners.	N
13/02/2016	Genesis 1:28	Be fruitful and multiply	?
13/02/2016	Genesis 1:28	Fill the earth and subdue it	N
13/02/2016	Genesis 1:28	Have dominion over every living thing	N
15/02/2016	Genesis 9:3	You can eat anything that lives and moves	N
17/02/2016	Genesis 2:17	Do not eat from the knowledge-of-good-and-evil tree. (You'll die if you do).	J
20/02/2016	Exodus 21:15	Anyone who strikes their father or mother should be killed.	N
22/02/2016	Exodus 21:17	Anyone who curses or dishonours their father or mother should be killed.	N
23/02/2016	Leviticus 15:29-23	What to do with menstruating women Whoever touches a menstruating woman is unclean until the evening. Everything that she touches is unclean, including anything she sits on. If you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes, take a bath, and you will be unclean until the evening. If you touch anything that she has sat on, you must take a bath and you will be unclean until the evening.	J
24/02/2016	Leviticus 21:16023	Disabled people (or people who have a "defect") are not allowed to approach the altar. God's specific exclusions are listed as anyone who...	N
		-Is blind -Is lame -Is disfigured or deformed -Has a crippled foot or hand -Has a hunchback -Is a dwarf -Has any eye defect -Has festering or running sores -Has damaged testicles
25/02/2016	Leviticus 24:16	Anyone who blasphemes (or misuses the name of God or curses God) must stoned to death.	N
28/02/2016	Jeremiah 7:16	Don't pray for certain people (i.e. the people of Judah)	?
01/03/2016	1 Peter 5:8	Stay alert and watch out for the devil.	C
05/03/2016	Psalm 50:15	Ask God for help if you're in trouble.	C
08/03/2016	1 John 2:15	Don't love the world or the things in the world.  Why? Because if you do, you don't love God.	N
09/03/2016	2 Timothy 2:24	Don't argue, quarrel or get into heated disputes. Be kind towards everyone, be patient with difficult people, be able to teach and be forbearing.	C
12/03/2016	1 Corinthians 14:37	If you consider yourself to be a prophet or a spiritual person, you must acknowledge that what Paul writes is the Lord's command.	N
12/03/2016	1 Corinthians 14:38	And if anyone ignores this, they will be ignored.	N
14/03/2016	Deuteronony 22:5	A woman must not wear men's clothes and vice versa. God detests anyone who does this.	N
14/03/2016	1 Corinthians 14:27	No more than two or three people should speak in tongues. They must speak one at a time, and someone must interpret what they say.	N
16/03/2016	Corinthians 14:35	If a woman has a question about something in church, she should ask her husband at home, because it is disgraceful (or improper or shameful) for a woman to speak in church.	N
17/03/2016	Corinthians 14:28	Don't speak in tongues without an interpreter being present.	J
24/03/2016	Proverbs 23:9	Don't speak to fools.	N
29/03/2016	Ecclesiastes 12:13	Obey God's commandments	?
03/04/2016	Leviticus 3-17	Don't eat fat or blood.	C
06/04/2016	Titus 2:15	Don't let anyone despise you, or look down on you, or disregard what you say.	?
11/04/2016	Matthew 6:16	Don't attract attention to yourself when you fast by looking sullen or sad or gloomy, like the hypocrites do.	J
13/04/2016	James 5:8	Be patient, Jesus is coming soon.	?
18/04/2016	Exodus 21:20-21	A slave owner should not be punished for beating his slave if the slave survives for a day or two.	N
20/04/2016	Exodus 22:2	If a thief is caught breaking into a house and the homeowner kills him, the homeowner is guilty of murder, unless it happens at night.	?
27-Apr	Exodus 34:17	Do not make gods from molten metal (i.e. by casting)	?
03/05/2016	Deuteronomy 23:1	Men whose genitals have been severed or crushed shall not enter the assembly of the Lord.	J
06/05/2016	Leviticus 25:8-9	Blow a trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month, once every 49 years.	J
12/05/2016	1 Peter 3:15	Always be ready to explain or defend the reasons for the hope you have to anyone who asks. Do so with gentleness, meekness and respect.	C
23/05/2016	Exodus 20:17	Don't covet your neighbour’s house, wife, servants, ox, donkey, or any of his stuff.	C
30/05/2016	Numbers 5:11-31	If a man suspects his wife of being unfaithful, he reports it to a priest who will make her drink some bitter water (water with dust in it). If she's guilty, the water will make her infertile, and her belly will swell. She might even have a miscarriage. If she's innocent, no harm done.	N
01/06/2016	Colossians 2:8	Beware of philosophy!	?
12/06/2016	Exodus 22:28	Don't dishonour God or curse your rulers	?
15/06/2016	Leviticus 20:13	If a man has sexual relations with another male as he would with a women, both have committed a repulsive act. They are certainly to be put to death	N
26/06/2016	Exodus 22:19	Kill anyone who has sex with an animal	N
26/06/2016	Leviticus 20:15	and kill the animal	N
12/07/2016	Exodus 20:12	Honour your father and mother	C