Second Commandment

American  

noun

1. “Thou shalt not make unto thee any 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. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them”: second of the Ten Commandments.

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Second Commandment

“As a people of faith our adherence is not to the Second Amendment. It’s to the Second Commandment, which is ’Love your neighbor as yourself,” he says.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

But contradicting the famous ban on graven images in the Second Commandment, in this painting God explicitly demands the creation of a work of art.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2017

Second Commandment: “Thou shalt not make the Likeness of any Thing in Heaven above, or on the Earth beneath, or the Waters under the Earth.”

From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by J. V. (Joseph V.) Guerinot

The Second Commandment The second commandment is, "Thou shalt not profane the name of God."

From Spiritual Life and the Word of God by Emanuel Swedenborg

A. The Second Commandment is: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead

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