The Ten

Commandments
for Children
Ten Commandments but first here is a little more information on the
Ten Commandments for you kids to help you learn them better and
understand why God has given these ten rules to live by.
The Bible calls these rules the Ten Commandments and they are
found in Exodus chapter 20.
Below are the Ten Commandments from the Bible. On the right
hand side below are the Ten Commandments as they are found in
the King James Version of the Bible, and on the left hand side they
are written more simply so you kids and little children can more
easily understand them.

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Exodus 20:2-17 Ten Commandments For Kids
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2 I am the LORD your God, which
have brought you out of the land of
1 Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Put God first.
You shall have no other gods before
me.
2 4 You shall not make unto you any Worship God only.
graven image, or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth: 5 You shall not
 bow down thyself to them, nor serve
them: for I the LORD your God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation of them that
hate me; 6 And showing mercy unto
thousands of them that love me, and
keep my Commandments.
7 You shall not take the name of the
LORD your God in vain; for the LORD Use God's name with
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will not hold him guiltless that taketh respect.
his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep
it holy. 9 Six days shall you labour, and
do all your work: 10 But the seventh
day is the sabbath of the LORD your
God: in it you shall not do any work,
you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
your manservant, nor your
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maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your
Remember God's Sabbath.
stranger that is within your gates: 11
For in six days the LORD made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
in them is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour your father and your
mother: that your days may be long
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upon the land which the LORD your
Respect your parents.
God giveth you.

6 13 You shall not kill. Do not hurt other people.

7 14 You shall not commit adultery. Be faithful in marriage.
8 15 You shall not steal. Do not steal.
 16 You shall not bear false witness
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against your neighbour.
Do not lie.
17 You shall not covet your
neighbour's house, you shall not covet
your neighbour's wife, nor his Do not be envious of
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manservant, nor his maidservant, nor others.
his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that
is your neighbour's.

Sometimes God's Ten Commandments are divided into two BIG

rules.
RULE ONE: Love God with all your heart, soul and might.
(Matthew 22:36-38 Deuteronomy 6:5)
RULE TWO: Love others as much as you love yourself.
(Matthew 22:39; Leviticus 19:18; James 2:8)
Both these two BIG rules are commands to LOVE because God IS
love.
(I John 4:8, 16; I John 5:3)
God wants us to keep the Ten Commandments because He loves
us and wants us to live happy lives.
(Proverbs 29:18)
A study of the Ten Commandments will teach us HOW to love God
and our neighbour (mankind).
(Romans 7:7)
You see, the Ten Commandments are like a mirror. They show us
how bad we are and how we need to be clean before the Day of
Judgment. That is the Day God will punish people who have broken
the Ten Commandments. They will be sent to a place called Hell
which is a place where God doesn't want people to go.
God doesn't want you to be punished. He so loves you that He
made a way for you to be clean before Judgment Day.
To show you what a wonderful thing God did, listen to this short
story.
A man had a son who was really bad. He did many bad things,
including lying and stealing and found himself in trouble with the
police. They said he had to pay a $10,000 fine or go to prison. The
son didn't have any money and was about to go to prison.
We are like that son. But God came down to earth and paid our fine
by dying on the Cross. Jesus took our punishment on Himself. Then
He rose from the dead. That means that we don't have to be
punished by God. We can live with Him forever! This also shows
us how much God loves us.
So what should you do? Ask God to forgive you for any of the Ten
Commandments you have broken (this is called sin) and then give
your life to Jesus. Read Psalm 51 and make it your own prayer.
When you do that, you will have God's promise that you are
forgiven and will live forever. Then read your Bible every day (it's full
of fantastic stories. Start with the Gospel of John) and obey what
you read. God will never leave you!