35 Bible Verses about Obeying People
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I counsel you: Keep the king's command because of the oath before God.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the Lord.
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.
Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, respecting God.
I also am a man having authority and commanding soldiers. I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it.
I also am a man with much authority. I am in charge of soldiers and say to this one go and he goes and to another I say come and he comes. I tell my servant to do this and he does it.
The first son said in answer, 'I will not.' Later he changed his mind and went to work.
Which of the two pleased his father? They replied: The first. Jesus said to them: I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you.
He spoke to his father in anger. All these years I have worked like a slave for you. I have never disobeyed you. What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends!
She said to Abram: Jehovah has kept me from having children. Go sleep with my maidservant. Perhaps I can build a family through her. Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
He said: You have done everything Jehovah's servant Moses ordered you to do. You have obeyed all my commands.
Just as we listened to Moses in all things, we will listen to you in all things. May Jehovah your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
They answered Joshua: All that you command us we will do. Wherever you send us we will go.
Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders. Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.
The Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing.
Jonadab, Rechab's son, ordered his descendants not to drink wine. This order has been carried out. His descendants have not drunk any wine to this day, because they have obeyed their ancestor's order. I have spoken to you again and again, but you have refused to listen to me.
The descendants of Jonadab, Rechab's son, have carried out the orders of their ancestor, but you refuse to listen to me.'
Then Jeremiah said to the family of Rechab: This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'You obeyed the order of your ancestor Jonadab, followed all his instructions, and did exactly what he told you to do.
We have obeyed all the instructions that Jonadab gave us. We never drink wine, and neither do our wives, our sons, or our daughters.
We live in tents, and we have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab ordered us to do.
As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me. Foreigners will cringe in front of me.
Obey everything they teach you, but do not follow their example. They say one thing and do something else.
He went with them to Nazareth. He remained subject to them. His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
His affection is even greater for you as he remembers your obedience and how with reverence and trembling you received him.
So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day.
He answered: If your faith was as big as a mustard seed; you could say to this mulberry tree, uproot yourself and plant yourself in the sea and it would obey you!
Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You are her children now, if you do what is right and are not fearful.
