These are the commandments which God gave to man to guide him to happiness in this life and in the next.

1. I am the Lord thy God:

Thou shalt not have strange Gods before me.

Commands: faith, hope, love, and worship of God, reverence for holy things; prayer.

Forbids: idolatry, superstition, spiritism, tempting God, sacrilege, attendance at false worship.

2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

Commands: reverence in speaking about God and holy things; the keeping of oaths and vows.

Forbids: blasphemy, the irreverent use of God's name, speaking disrespectfully of holy things, false oaths, and the breaking of vows.

3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath Day.

Commands: going to Church on Sundays and holy days.

Forbids: missing Church through one's own fault, unnecessary servile work; public buying and selling; court trials.

4. Honor thy Father and Mother.

Commands: love, respect obedience on the part of children; care on the part of parents for the spiritual and temporal welfare of their children; obedience to civil and religious superiors.

Forbids: hatred of parents and superiors; disrespect, disobedience.

5. Thou shalt not kill.

Commands: safeguarding of one's own life and bodily welfare and that of others.

Forbids: unjust killing, suicide, abortion, sterilization, dueling, endangering life and limb of self or others.

6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Commands: chastity in word, and deed.

Forbids: obscene speech; impure actions alone or with others.

7. Thou shalt not steal.

 Commands: respect for the property and rights of others; the paying of just debts; paying just wages to employees; integrity in public officials.

Forbids:  theft; damage tot he property of others; not paying just debts; not returning found or borrowed articles; giving unjust measure or weight in selling, not paying just wages; bribery; graft; cheating; fraud; accepting stolen property; not giving an honest day's work for wages received; violation of contract.

8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Commands: truthfulness, respect for the good name of others; the observance of secrecy when required.

Forbids: lying, injury to the good name of others, slander, tale bearing, rash judgment, contemptuous speech, and the violation of secrecy.

9. Though shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.

Commands: purity in thought.

Forbids: willful impure thoughts and desires.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.

Commands: respect for the rights of others.

Forbids: the desire to take, to keep, or to damage the property of others.