Breaking Ten Commandments

**Waqar Daniel** Fri 04 Dec 2009, 5:46 pm

Commandment	Severity	Punishment
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me	Severe	Genocide. Entire cities with men, women, children and animals must be killed. (Deuteronomy 2:33-34; Numbers 21:34-35; 1 Samuel 15:2-3; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 10:40)
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image	Severe	Genocide. Entire cities with men, women, children and animals must be killed. (See above.)
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain;	High	Capital punishment (Leviticus 24:16; Deuteronomy 18:20; Mark 3:28-29)
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.	High	Capital punishment (Exodus 31:14; Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:2)
5. Honour thy father and thy mother:	High	Capital punishment (Exodus 21:15; Exodus 21:17;) Leviticus 20:9
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.	High	Capital punishment (Leviticus 20:10)
6. Thou shalt not kill.	Elevated	Capital punishment in some cases (For killing Cain, yes, for killing Abel, no: (Genesis 4:15)
8. Thou shalt not steal.	Guarded	Excessive fines or slavery: (Exodus 22:1-3). Only in rare cases such as stealing slaves, capital punishment (Exodus 21:16). Thieves caught in the night are to be executed (Exodus 22:1-3).
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.	Low	Despisement and scorn (Proverbs 12:8)
10. Thou shalt not covet . . .	Low	Despisement and scorn