24 Bible Verses about Obedience

And the angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, he has kept in eternal chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

But I do as the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered;

then he said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants, and after he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

then he said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.

When he rose, he took the young child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt,

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account. Let them do this with joy, and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not to talk back to them,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done."

I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work which you have given me to do.

But I do as the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

But I do as the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered;

then he said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. read more.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to deatheven death on a cross.

then he said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest stands daily at his service, offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. read more.
But when he had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies be made a stool for his feet. For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

For if, by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.) So then, as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

So also Christ did not exalt himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, "You are my son, today I have begotten you"; as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek." In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his godly fear. read more.
Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered;

And after he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; concerning whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves. read more.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it. "If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what counts.

The young man said to him, "All these I have kept. What do I still lack?"

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."

And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."

And Paul, looking intently at the council, said, "Brethren, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day."

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.

So then, all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem. They have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.

By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in godly fear prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.

For your obedience has become known to all, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

"So, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

But he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

"Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

He was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.

And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

When Josnt woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife,

When he rose, he took the young child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt,

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered;

And as he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the Sea; for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, "Come follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

When he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets. And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him.

If anyone is willing to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

"I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.

a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave alms generously to the people and prayed to God continually.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Then Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in him:

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;