"If a man has a stubborn son who does not obey his parents, and although they try to discipline him, he still refuses to pay attention to them, then his parents are to seize him and bring him before the elders at the gate of his city.

Samuel said, "Does the LORD delight as much in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the LORD? Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

For I've diligently warned your ancestors from the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt until now, regularly warning them, saying, "Obey me!"

"If you love me, keep my commandments.

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

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

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear, trembling, and sincerity, as when you obey the Messiah.

And so, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I am absent, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

Son though he was, he learned obedience through his sufferings and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

Then I said, "See, I have come to do your will, O God' In the volume of the scroll this is written about me."