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
151–177 of 177
- Psalms 119:151Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
- Psalms 119:166LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
- Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
- Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Proverbs 13:13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
- Proverbs 19:16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
- Isaiah 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
- Isaiah 36:21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
- Isaiah 48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
- Jeremiah 32:11So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
- Jeremiah 35:14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
- Jeremiah 35:16Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
- Jeremiah 35:18And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
- Daniel 9:4And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
- Daniel 9:5We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
- Malachi 2:1And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
- Malachi 2:4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
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.