14 Fun Ten Commandments Bible Quiz

The dictionary word for Covet means “to wish for earnestly” or “to desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably”. For kids, this means they should be happy with what they have and not be jealous of what their neighbor’s or friends have.

God wrote both the first and second commandments – Exodus 34:1

When Jesus was asked which is the greatest commandment, He replied the greatest commandment is “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.” – Matthew 22:37-38. As a child of God, we must care for one another and be our brothers keeper.

The 3rd commandment is “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” – Exodus 20:7. What this means is not to use God’s name carelessly. One well known phrase is “OMG – Oh My God”. Using the phrase Oh My God to express a shock is using God’s name in vain but if you use the word OMG, then that could mean anything. Another common phrase is “God damn it”. This also is using God’s name in vain as profanity. So many Christians are guilty of this.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor typically means you shall not lie against your neighbor or speak falsely against anyone. Doing that is a sin. – Exodus 20:16

In the old testament, God’s punishment for adultery is physical death but in new testament under grace, it’s spiritual death. If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death – Leviticus 20:10

The 2nd commandment can be found in Exodus 20:4-6: “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Basically the 2nd commandment means, we as Children of God must not make any form of idol image and worship them for they are false gods. The Egyptians in those days were known to worship lots of idol images and God through Moses warned the Children of Israel not to worship such gods.

There are many ways the 10 commandment can be explained to Children in a fun way. One way is to use images or drawings to explain the commandments. Another fun way is through play acting or simple dramas showing what each commandment means. Children learn a lot more through visual explanation.

The entire 10 commandments in the Bible can be found in the following passages: Exodus 20:2–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21

God wrote the ten commandment on two tablets of stone using His finger – Exodus 31:18

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain – Exodus 20:7

We have already identified the word Covet to mean “yearn to possess something, especially something belonging to another.” So the word covet in the bible means we should not lust after things that does not belong to us.

Moses was angry because the Israelites had caved out a golden Calf and worshipped it rather than worshiping God the father. They also proclaimed that this false gods brought them out of Egypt – Exodus 32:19

The 9th commandment says: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor” – Exodus 20:16. This means we should train our children to say the truth no matter what they did. Lets teach our kids to understand that telling the truth attracts kindness and love.

A graven image can be best described as an idol image – Exodus 20:4

The commandment that goes with a promise is in Exodus 20:12: “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”