24 Bible Verses about Obedience

The angels also that kept not their own dominion, but left their proper habitation, he has reserved, in eternal chains under darkness, to the judgment of the great day.

who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having become subject to him.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven.

And he said to them: "When you pray, say, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

Servants, be subject to your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

But this takes place that the world may know that I love the Father, and even as he gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

For as by the disobedience of the one man the many have been made sinners, so, also, by the obedience of the one, the many shall be made righteous.

although he was a Son, he yet learned obedience from the things which he suffered;

then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will: he takes away the first, that he may establish the second.

When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier, one of those who waited on him, and having made known all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

Servants, be subject to your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

Servants, be subject to your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will: he takes away the first, that he may establish the second.

But Jesus answering said to him: Permit it now; for thus it be comes us to perform fully every righteous act. Then he permitted him.

And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

And as Jesus passed by from that place, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And they immediately left their nets and followed him.

Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock:

And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them;

And the disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and prepared the passover.

Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive: for they watch for your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for that would be fatal to you.

Exhort servants to be subject to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not contradicting,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is wellpleasing to the Lord.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Jesus said to them: My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face in prayer, saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not as I will, but as thou willest.

saying: Father, if thou art willing that this cup should pass from me yet, not my will, but thine be done.

I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

But this takes place that the world may know that I love the Father, and even as he gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

But this takes place that the world may know that I love the Father, and even as he gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

For as by the disobedience of the one man the many have been made sinners, so, also, by the obedience of the one, the many shall be made righteous.

although he was a Son, he yet learned obedience from the things which he suffered;

then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will: he takes away the first, that he may establish the second.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not think it an act of robbery to be equal with God; but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men: read more.
and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross.

then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will: he takes away the first, that he may establish the second. By which will, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time. And every priest stands daily ministering, and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: read more.
but after offering one sacrifice for sins, he himself sits continually at the right hand of God, henceforth waiting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering, he has made a perfect and perpetual expiation for the sanctified.

For if, by one man's offense, death has reigned through that one, much more shall those who receive the abundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, reign in life through the one, who is Jesus Christ. Therefore, as, by one offense, sentence came on all men to condemnation, so, also, by one act of righteousness, the gift has come on all men to justification of life. For as by the disobedience of the one man the many have been made sinners, so, also, by the obedience of the one, the many shall be made righteous.

So, also, the Christ did not take upon himself the honor of becoming a high priest: but he gave him this honor, who said to him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee: as he says also in another place, Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchisedec. In the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard with respect to that which he feared, read more.
although he was a Son, he yet learned obedience from the things which he suffered;

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he gave this testimony: I have found David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.

Jesus said to him: Have I been so long with you, and have you not known me, Philip? He that has seen me, has seen the Father; and how say you, Show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. The Father who dwells in me, he does the works. Believe me, that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me. If not, believe me on account of the works themselves. read more.
Verily, verily I say to you, he that believes on me, the works that I do he also shall do. Even greater works than these shall he do, because I go to my Father; and whatever you ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask any thing in my name, I will do it. If you love me, keep my commandments;

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God is our aim.

The young man said to him: All these have I kept from my youth, what do I lack?

You know the commandments, You shall not commit adultery; You shall not kill; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother. He answered and said to him: Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.

He replied: All these have I kept from my youth.

And Paul, looking earnestly upon the Sanhedrin, said: Brethren, I have lived in all good conscience toward God to this day.

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the custom of my forefathers, that, without ceasing, I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day,

My course of life from my youth, which, from the beginning, was among my own nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews; who, knowing me from the first, could testify, if they would, that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

By faith Noah, after being warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house; by which faith he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

For your obedience has gone abroad to all men: I rejoice, therefore, on your account. But I desire you to be wise in respect to that which is good, and guileless in respect to that which is evil.

Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

And the world and its desire passes away: but he that does the will of God, abides forever.

Jesus answered and said to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

But he answered and said to them: My mother and my brothers are they that hear the word of God and do it.

Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

who is faithful to him that appointed him, as Moses also was faithful in all his house. For this man is counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has builded the house, has more honor than the house.

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

After he had seen the vision, we immediately endeavored to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

For whoever will do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And Joseph awoke from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him; and he took home his wife,

And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock:

although he was a Son, he yet learned obedience from the things which he suffered;

And as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew the brother of Simon, throwing a net about in the sea; for they were fishers. And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. And immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship, mending their nets. And he immediately called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

If any one will do his will, he shall know with respect to the teaching, whether it is of God, or I speak of myself.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said: "We must obey God rather than men.

I have made known thy name to the men that thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them, to me, and they have kept thy word.

And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.

But Jesus answering said to him: Permit it now; for thus it be comes us to perform fully every righteous act. Then he permitted him.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who did many acts of charity to the people, and prayed to God always.

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. And this man was just and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him:

And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphoeus sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.

And as Jesus passed by from that place, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.

and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us.

Servants, be subject to your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;