Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Obey

Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not thy brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee to them. And he said to him, Here I am.
Leviticus 19:3
Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken to them,
1 Samuel 17:20
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
Esther 2:20
Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her. For Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, as when she was brought up with him.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
Jeremiah 35:14
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed. And to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment. But I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking
Luke 2:51
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was being subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in Lord.

In

Ephesians 6:5
Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ.
Romans 16:2
so that ye may welcome her in Lord worthily of the sanctified, and that ye provide for her in whatever matter she may have need of you, for she also became a helper of many, and of me myself.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.
1 Peter 2:13
Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme,

For

Nehemiah 9:13
Thou also came down upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and TRUE laws, good statutes and commandments,
Job 33:27
He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.
Psalm 19:8
The precepts of LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 119:75
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou have afflicted me.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.
Romans 7:12
So the law is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

General references

Genesis 27:8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
Genesis 50:12
And his sons did to him according as he commanded them.
Numbers 30:5
But if her father disallows her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. And LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
Ruth 2:23
So she kept close by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.