The Ten Commandments
Moses's stone tablets
The Ten Commandments are a set of biblical laws given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, foundational to Jewish and Christian ethics.
They prohibit murder, theft, adultery, and false witness, and mandate honoring parents and the Sabbath.
The phrase often invokes moral absolutes or inviolable rules: He treats the company handbook like the Ten Commandments.
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- SinaiEgyptian peninsula, biblical peak
- stone tabletsInscribed rock slabs
- moral lawCode of right conduct
thou shalt not · false witness · covenant · God · Bible · Exodus · law · stone · graven image · idol · Sabbath · murder · adultery · steal · covet · thy neighbor · honor · worship
- 1956Suez Crisis, Hungarian Revolution, My Fair Lady, Heartbreak Hotel, bus boycott
- Religious FilmsBen-Hur, Jesus of Nazareth, The Chosen, Risen, King of Kings
- Classic FilmsCasablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Some Like It Hot, Vertigo
- Paramount FilmsThe Godfather, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Top Gun, Grease
- Religious MediaBible stories, biblical tales, conversion stories, redemption stories, Son of God
- Christian epicsParadise Lost, Divine Comedy, Pilgrim's Progress, Inferno, Paradiso
The Ten Commandmentsmoral relativism
Values vary by context
amorality · lawlessness · nihilism · situational ethics · hedonism
The Ten Commandmentshedonism
Pursuit of gratification
libertinism · decadence · license · permissiveness · sin
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