The Ten Commandments show us the boundaries within which healthy relationships, with God and each other, can grow. This is why God could appeal so passionately through Isaiah:

“If only you had paid attention to my commands, YOUR PEACE would have been like a river, YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS like the waves of the sea.”
—Isaiah 48:18.

Jesus pointed to obedience as the way to real joy:

“If you OBEY MY COMMANDS, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I HAVE TOLD YOU THIS SO that my joy may be in you and THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE COMPLETE.”
—John 15:10, 11.

The Bible presents the Ten Commandments as an unchangeable, indispensable, perfect guide to happy living. Human experience testifies to their timeless validity.

Jesus was one in a chorus of voices who declare that the road to happiness is paved with loving obedience to God’s commandments, for they are God’s basic principles for living a happy life.