Strong’s H4687 · Hebrew
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh · mits-vaw'
Origin from צָוָה (H6680);
Meaning a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
In the King James Version (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
In 177 verses of the King James Version
101–150 of 177
- 2 Chronicles 29:25And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 31:21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 35:10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
- 2 Chronicles 35:16So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
- Ezra 7:11Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
- Ezra 9:10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
- Ezra 9:14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
- Ezra 10:3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
- Nehemiah 1:5And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
- Nehemiah 1:7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
- Nehemiah 1:9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
- Nehemiah 9:13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
- Nehemiah 9:14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
- Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- Nehemiah 9:29And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
- Nehemiah 9:34Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
- Nehemiah 10:29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
- Nehemiah 10:32Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
- Nehemiah 11:23For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
- Nehemiah 12:24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
- Nehemiah 12:45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
- Nehemiah 13:5And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
- Esther 3:3Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
- Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Psalms 19:8The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- Psalms 78:7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
- Psalms 89:31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
- Psalms 112:1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Psalms 119:6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:19I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
- Psalms 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- Psalms 119:35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
- Psalms 119:48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
- Psalms 119:60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:73JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
- Psalms 119:96I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
- Psalms 119:98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
- Psalms 119:115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
- Psalms 119:127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
- Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.