35 Bible Verses about Obeying People

I am to watch the king's mouth by reason of the oath of God.

Children, listen to your parents in the Lord: for this is just.

Children, listen to parents in all things: for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ;

Servants, listen ye in all things to lords according to the flesh; not in eyeservice as pleasing men; but in simplicity of heart, fearing God:

For I also am a man under power, having soldiers under me: and I say to this, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does.

For I also am a man set under authority, having soldiers under myself, and I say to this, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes: and to my servant, Do this, and he does.

He has no favor to that servant, for he did the things appointed. I think not.

And he, having answered, said, I will not; but afterward, having felt regret, he departed.

Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

And he having answered said to the father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never at any time passed by thy command: and never hast thou given me a kid, that I might be gladdened with my friends.

And Sarai will say to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah restrained me from bringing forth; go now to my maid servant; perhaps I shall have children from her. And Abram will listen to the voice of Sarai.

And his sons will do to him thus according to what he commanded them.

And Moses will hear to the voice of Jethro, and will do all that he said.

And he will say to them, Ye watched all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and ye will hear to my voice for all which I commanded you:

According to all that we heard to Moses, so will we bear to thee: only Jehovah thy God shall be with thee as he was with Moses.

And they will answer Joshua, saying, All which thou didst command us, we will do, and where thou shalt send us, we will go.

And she will say to her, All that thou shalt say to me, I will do.

And she will go down to the threshing-floor' and she will do according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her.

And Esther not announcing her kindred and her people, as Mordecai commanded to her: and Esther did the saying of Mordecai as when she was in bringing up with him.

And Mordecai will pass by, and will do according to all that Esther charged upon him.

And the Jews admitting what they began to do, and what Mordecai wrote to them.

The words of Jonadab son of Rechab who commanded his sons not to drink wine, were raised up; and they drank not even to this clay, for they heard the command of their father: and spake to you, rising early and speaking; and ye heard not to me.

For the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab raised up the commands of their father which be commanded them; and this people heard not to me.

And Jeremiah said to the house of the Reehabites, Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, Because that ye heard to the command of Jonadab your father, and ye will watch all his commands, and ye will do all which he commanded you:

And we will hear to the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab our father, for all which he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters;

And we will dwell in tents, and we will hear and we will do according to all which Jonadab our father commanded us.

The sons of the stranger will lie to me: For the hearing of the ear they will hear to me.

At the hearing of the ear they shall hear to me: sons of the stranger shall feign to me.

Therefore all whatever they say to you to keep, keep and do; and according to their works do not, for they say and do not.

And he went dawn with them, and came to Nazareth, and was placed under them : and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

And his bowels are more abundantly to you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and tremor ye received him.

And they having received the silver coins, did as they were taught; and this word was spread a report by the Jews till this day.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a kernel of mustard, said ye to this mulberry-tree, Be thou rooted up, and planted in the sea; and it had listened to you.

(As Sara listened to Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye are,) doing good, and not fearing any terror.