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Prince Buster - God Son

(Campbell)

Song Lyrics

Biblical Reference

God son take heed to the laws of thy father
As Moses did in the days of yore
1 Chronicles 22:13 - Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
Honor thy mother and thy father
Then your days will be long upon this land
Exodus 20:12 - Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 5:16 - Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Thou shall not kill, neither shall thou steal Exodus 20:13 - Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 20:15 - Thou shalt not steal.
Deuteronomy 5:17 - Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor Exodus 20:16 - Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 5:20 - Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house
Nor his wife, nor his house, nor his ass
Exodus 20:17 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Thou shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain Exodus 20:7 - Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Deuteronomy 5:11 - Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Only six days shall thou work
This keep the seventh holy
Exodus 20:9 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exodus 23:12 - Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exodus 31:15 - Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 34:21 - Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exodus 35:2 - Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Leviticus 23:3 - Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Thou shall not have any other gods before Him Exodus 20:3 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 5:7 - Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
And mercy will come to them that love Him Exodus 20:6 - And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Deuteronomy 5:10 - And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Deuteronomy 7:9 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Nehemiah 1:5 - And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Don't bow down thyself to any other
Because my God is a jealous God
Exodus 20:5 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Deuteronomy 5:9 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,



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