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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Example Sentences

“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

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 Kinkead, Thomas L.

And that is why the Second Commandment concerns itself with cursing.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

What work is there in heaven except that of this Second Commandment?

From A Treatise on Good Works by Luther, Martin