28 Bible Verses about Men's Orders

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.

And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

For I also am a man set under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:

And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

These things command and teach.

These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

I charge thee in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,