divine commandment
God's explicit order
A divine commandment is an order or instruction believed to come directly from God or a deity, carrying supreme moral authority for believers.
The Ten Commandments given to Moses in the Hebrew Bible are the most familiar example in Western culture.
Divine commandments typically govern both worship practices and ethical conduct, and violating them is considered sin rather than mere wrongdoing.
She believed charity wasn't optional but a divine commandment.
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- prayerAddress to deity
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
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divine commandmentsecular law
Legal code without religious basis
civil law · statute · social contract · legal code · state law
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Violation of divine law
transgression · abomination · sacrilege · mortal sin · forbidden act
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