We are compelled by the commandment of love contained in our hearts and thought, and proclaimed by Jesus, to give rein to our natural sympathy for animals. We are also compelled to help them and spare them suffering.
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'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings; and this Commandment was inscribed in the human breast long before it was proclaimed from Sinai. It's clear that our Creator doesn't condone cruelty to animals in any way. 'Thou shalt not kill' could have been written 'Thou shalt not kill thy fellow man.' Instead, it was all inclusive, highlighting the sanctity of life no matter what the species.
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Daniel 9:25:
'Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.'
(NIV)
Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until [the coming of] the Anointed One, a Prince, shall be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it shall be built again with [city] square and moat, but in troublous times.
(AMP)
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
(KJV)
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Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.
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I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
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I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. N. B.: This is the origin of the proverb, All good things must come to an end.
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The first and great commandment is Don't let them scare you.
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Mark 12:28:
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, 'Of all the commandments, which is the most important?'
(NIV)
Then one of the scribes came up and listened to them disputing with one another, and, noticing that Jesus answered them fitly and admirably, he asked Him, Which commandment is first and most important of all [in its nature]?
(AMP)
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
(KJV)
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Mark 12:30:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'
(NIV)
And you shall love the Lord your God out of and with your whole heart and out of and with all your soul (your life) and out of and with all your mind (with your faculty of thought and your moral understanding) and out of and with all your strength. This is the first and principal commandment. [Deut. 6:4, 5.](AMP)
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
(KJV)
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Isaiah 29:13:
The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.'
(NIV)
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips but remove their hearts and minds far from Me, and their fear and reverence for Me are a commandment of men that is learned by repetition [without any thought as to the meaning](AMP)
Wherefore 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:
(KJV)
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If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice
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2 John 1:5:
And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
(NIV)
And now I beg you, lady (Cyria), not as if I were issuing a new charge (injunction or command), but [simply recalling to your mind] the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
(AMP)
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
(KJV)
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2 John 1:4:
It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
(NIV)
I was greatly delighted to find some of your children walking (living) in [the] Truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father [Himself].
(AMP)
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
(KJV)
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Matthew 22:36:
'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?'
(NIV)
Teacher, which kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? [Some commandments are light--which are heavy?](AMP)
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
(KJV)
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The eleventh commandment --- Thou shalt not be found out --- is the only one that is virtually impossible to keep these days.
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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'
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I have seen an end of all perfection but thy commandment is exceeding broad.N. B. This is the origin of the proverb, All good things must come to an end.
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John 13:34:
'A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.'
(NIV)
I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another.
(AMP)
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
(KJV)
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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: "Thou shalt not ration justice."
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2 John 1:6:
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
(NIV)
And what this love consists in is this: that we live and walk in accordance with and guided by His commandments (His orders, ordinances, precepts, teaching). This is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you continue to walk in love [guided by it and following it].
(AMP)
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
(KJV)
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John 15:12:
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
(NIV)
This is My commandment: that you love one another [just] as I have loved you.
(AMP)
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
(KJV)
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