28 Bible Verses about Men's Orders

My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.

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

And he charged them, and said to them, I am gathered to 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 which is being reaped, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men not to touch thee? And when thou art athirst, go to the vessels and drink of what the young men draw.

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

(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)

For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

He, going to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

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

And Moses gave commandment to the people the same day, saying,

But he answering said to them, What did Moses command you?

For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift you as wheat;

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

Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law; to whom we gave no commandment;

But this I say, as consenting to, not as commanding it.

I do not speak as commanding it, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.

Now we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.

For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.

Now such we enjoin and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.

Enjoin and teach these things.

And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.

I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour.

not turning their minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,