28 Bible Verses about Men's Orders

My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”

Then he commanded also the second and the third, and all those who followed the droves, saying, “After this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;

So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Then he charged them and said to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the water jars and drink from what the servants draw.”

Esther did not make known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make them known.

Esther had not yet made known her kindred or her people, even as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her as she had done when under his care.

For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.

Moses also charged the people on that day, saying,

And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;

And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

“Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

But this I say by way of concession, not of command.

I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

Prescribe and teach these things.

Prescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper,