24 Bible Verses about Obedience

and the angels who kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, has he kept in eternal chains unto darkness unto the judgment of the great day:

who is on the right hand of God, having gone up into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being subordinated unto him.

let thy kingdom come: let thy will be done, as in heaven, even so upon earth:

And He said to them, When you pray, say, Our Father, let thy name be hallowed: let thy kingdom come:

Ye servants, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in purity of your heart, as unto Christ;

If you may keep my commandments, abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and I abide in His love.

but in order that the world may know that I love the Father, and as He commanded, so I am doing. Arise, let us go hence.

for as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.

indeed being a Son, he learned obedience from those things which he suffered;

then he has said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second;

And when the angel speaking to him went away, calling two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually; and having related all things to them, he sent them away to Joppa.

Ye servants, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in purity of your heart, as unto Christ;

Ye servants, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in purity of your heart, as unto Christ;

If you may keep my commandments, abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and I abide in His love.

Because I have come down from heaven, not that I may do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.

then he has said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second;

And Jesus responding said to him; Suffer it now; for thus it is becoming us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers Him.

And having arisen, he took with him the young child and His mother by night and departed into Egypt;

And Jesus passing along from thence, saw a man sitting at the toll, called Matthew; and He says to him, Follow me. And having arisen up, he followed Him.

And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.

Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.

And the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus commanded them,

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

Obey your leaders, and be submissive: for they are watching for your souls, as they shall give an account that they may do this with joy and not with grief, for this is unprofitable to you.

That servants submit to their own masters, that they be obedient in all things; not speaking back;

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.

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

Jesus says to them, My food is that I may do the will of Him that sent me, and finish His work.

And having gone forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: moreover not as I will, but as thou wilt.

saying, Father, if this cup is willing to pass from me; moreover let not my will, but thine be done.

I glorified thee upon the earth, having finished the work that thou hast given to me that I may do it.

but in order that the world may know that I love the Father, and as He commanded, so I am doing. Arise, let us go hence.

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

If you may keep my commandments, abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and I abide in His love.

but in order that the world may know that I love the Father, and as He commanded, so I am doing. Arise, let us go hence.

for as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.

indeed being a Son, he learned obedience from those things which he suffered;

then he has said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second;

Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God, but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man; read more.
he humbled himself, being obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

then he has said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second; by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every high priest indeed stands daily ministering, and frequently offering the same sacrifices, which are never able to take away sins: read more.
and he, having offered up one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God; finally waiting until his enemies may be made the foot-stool of his feet. For by one offering he has forever perfected the sanctified.

For if by the transgression of one death reigned through one; how much more shall those receiving the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Christ Jesus!) Therefore then, as by the transgression of one, judgment came to all men to condemnation; so also through the righteousness of one, the free gift came on all men unto the justification of life: for as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.

Likewise Christ also did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but the one having spoken to him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee: as also he says in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Who in the days of his flesh, having with strong crying and tears offered up both prayers and supplications unto him who is able to save him from death, and having been heard on account of his piety, read more.
indeed being a Son, he learned obedience from those things which he suffered;

and having deposed him, he raised up to them David for a king; to whom witnessing he also said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who will do all my wishes.

Jesus says to Him, Am I so long time with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? The one having seen me hath seen the Father: how do you say, Show us the Father? Dost thou not believe, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words which I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father who abideth in me doeth His own works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or if not, believe for the sake of the works themselves. read more.
Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, shall also do the works which I am doing; and shall do greater works than these: because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you may ask in my name, I will do it, in order that the rather may be glorified in the Son. If you may ask anything of me 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.

The young man says to Him, All these have I kept from my youth: what lack I yet?

You know the commandments, thou must not commit adultery, thou must not murder, thou must not steal, thou must not bear false witness, thou must not defraud, honor thy father and mother. And he said to Him, Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.

And he said, All these things have I kept from my youth.

And Paul, looking the sanhedrim in the face, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God unto this day.

I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a clean conscience, as I have incessant mention of you in my prayers, night and day

Moreover indeed all the Jews know my life from my youth; being from the beginning in my nation and in Jerusalem, knowing me originally, if they may be willing to testify, that according to the most rigid sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

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

For your obedience has come abroad unto all men: therefore I rejoice over you, and wish you to be wise in that which is good, and uncompromising towards that which is evil.

Therefore, O king, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

The world and its lust are indeed passing away; but the one doing the will of God abides forever.

Jesus responded and said to him; If any one may love me with divine love, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our mansion with him.

And He responding said to them, My mother and my brothers are the ones hearing the word of God, and doing it.

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

being faithful to him who appointed him, as indeed Moses in all his house. For he is esteemed worthy of more honor than Moses, inasmuch as the One having built it, has more honor than the house.

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

And when he saw the vision, we immediately sought to depart into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

For whosoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

And Joseph rising from sleep did as the angel of the Lord commanded him;

And having arisen, he took with him the young child and His mother by night and departed into Egypt;

Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.

indeed being a Son, he learned obedience from those things which he suffered;

And walking by the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting their net in the sea: for they were fishers. Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men. And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.

And going forth thence a little, He saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, themselves also in a ship mending their nets, and immediately He called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired hands, they departed after Him.

if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or I speak for myself.

But Peter and the apostles responding said, It behooves us to obey God rather than men.

I have manifested thy name, to the men whom thou didst give me out of the world. They were thine, and thou didst give them to me; and they have kept thy word:

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and says concerning him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.

And Jesus responding said to him; Suffer it now; for thus it is becoming us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers Him.

devout, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying to God always;

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and the same man was righteous and godly, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him;

And Mary said; Behold the handmaiden of the Lord; may it be done unto me according to thy word. And the angel went away from her.

And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus sitting at the toll, and says to him, Follow me. And rising up, he followed Him.

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

And Jesus passing along from thence, saw a man sitting at the toll, called Matthew; and He says to him, Follow me. And having arisen up, he followed Him.

but whosoever shall keep his word, truly the divine love of God has been made perfect in him. In this we know that we are in him.

No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another with divine love, God abides in us, and his divine love has been made perfect in us.

and whatsoever we may ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things pleasing before him.

And this is the assurance which we have toward him, that, if we may ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Ye servants, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in purity of your heart, as unto Christ;