are the ten commandments written in the order of priority?

Question

the first three have to do with loving and honoring God, is it because these are more important than the rest? it would make sense.

Answer 1

EASY QUESTION, in the words of Jesus: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great (most important) commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

Answer 2

I take a Scripture class, and I do not think the Ten Commandments are written in priority; unless murdering people (6) is less important than honoring your mom or dad (5).

Long story short, no. The Ten Commandments are not written in order of priority

Answer 3

No, the first three are not about loving God. These commandments were given to Israel because they didn't love God. The commandments were written as a witness against them because deep down inside, they were a stiff-necked, rebellious people devoid of faith and love.

These were points of law they were commanded to comply with; to "keep" and observe. When one truly loves God and fellow man, this "fulfills" the law.

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Answer 4

Yes they have an order- the first four deal directly with God and our direct relationship to him. The last six deal directly with society. God actually gave Moses 613 commandments to live by dealing with all kinds of issues involving how to govern a society, dietary laws, capital punishment, sanitation, marriage, family and the proper way to worship him in the temple.

Answer 5

Not positive but it seems that way to me...I think they are even categorized.

The organization of the commandments seems to fit the two commandments of Jesus (Matthew 22:37-9) "...thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself".

When you look at the ten commandments in this light, the first four deal with our relationship with God, the last five deal with our relationship with other people. The fifth is a combination of the two...in a way it is a transitional commandment that moves takes us from the first commandment of Jesus to the second commandment of Jesus!

The first four, in order, tell us to love God first, to avoid idol worship, to treat his name with respect, and to take time to rest and reconnect with him each week. The fifth tells us to obey our parents...this helps us learn obedience so we can obey God AND it helps us learn to get along with the first people we usually encounter when we're born. The last five deal with the way we should deal with other people (don't kill them, don't betray people sexually, don't steal from them, don't tell lies about them, and don't covet what someone else has).

Both lists seem prioritized to me...love God first...yep...idols can take our sights off him pretty quickly, abusing his name devalues him in our minds, and not reconnecting with him makes it easier for us to break the previous commandments. Parents next most important because nearly everyone faces that challenge. Then murder, adultery, theft, false testimony, and coveting seem to be declining in severity as you go down the list.

Answer 6

1 Respect Self and Fellow neighbor

2 Do not do unto others what you deem harmful to self

3 Be the miracle, be the change you wish to see in others

4 give hugs often and do nice things for no reason

5 don't argue religion, religion only divides us against ourself

6 be organized and give to charity or be the charity often if you can

7 do what you can to make this place a better one for now and for others later

8 do not use your religion to hate and generate fear and resentment in others

9 above all else, use Fred Phelps as the example of what not to do

10 visit other places of community often and volunteer your services no matter what religion

Answer 7

I am impressed to believe that the first five commandments are relative to their importance, particularly the first and the second commandments.

Answer 8

i dont think so! if this ten commandments are not co-equal to each other what is the sense of the others? yes, we have the greatest commandment that we only have one GOD! i believe in this. but GOD also said, if you broke only one of my commandments you didn't fulfilled your purpose of abiding all my commandments. Therefore they are all necessary!

Answer 9

The first four have to do with our relationship with God. The rest have to do with our relationship with fellow human beings.

Love for God and love for man.

Answer 10

No. Each commandment is as important as the one that preceded it. In fact, more important. No wait actually, as important.