24 Bible Verses about Obedience

and the angels who neglected their responsibilities and abandoned their homes he has put in everlasting chains to be kept in darkness for the judgment of the great Day,

who has gone to heaven and is at God's right hand, with angels, hierarchies, and powers made subject to him.

Your kingdom come! Your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven!

He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father, your name be revered! Your kingdom come!

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,

If you keep my commands you will retain my love, just as I have observed the Father's commands and retain his love.

but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what he has commanded me to do. Come, let us go away.

For just as that one man's disobedience made the mass of mankind sinners, so this one's obedience will make the mass of them upright.

And although he was a son, he learned to obey, through what he suffered,

When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants, and after telling them the whole story, sent them to Joppa.

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,

If you keep my commands you will retain my love, just as I have observed the Father's commands and retain his love.

for I have come down from heaven not to do what I please but what pleases him who has sent me.

But Jesus answered, "Let it be so this time, for it is right for us to do everything that God requires." Then John consented.

Then he awoke and took the child and his mother by night and took refuge in Egypt,

Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

They immediately dropped their nets and went with him.

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them;

So the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover supper.

Obey your leaders and give way to them, for they are keeping watch in defense of your souls, as men accountable for the trust. Make their work a joy and not a grief, for that would be the worse for you.

Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them

Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right.

Children, always obey your parents, for that is commendable in Christians.

Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right.

Jesus said to them, "My food is doing the will of him who has sent me, and finishing his work.

And he went on a little way, and threw himself on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me. Yet not as I please but as you do!"

and said, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. But not my will but yours be done!"

I have done honor to you here on earth, by completing the work which you gave me to do.

but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what he has commanded me to do. Come, let us go away.

Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar?

If you keep my commands you will retain my love, just as I have observed the Father's commands and retain his love.

but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what he has commanded me to do. Come, let us go away.

For just as that one man's disobedience made the mass of mankind sinners, so this one's obedience will make the mass of them upright.

And although he was a son, he learned to obey, through what he suffered,

Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he possessed the nature of God, he did not grasp at equality with God, but laid it aside to take on the nature of a slave and become like other men. read more.
When he had assumed human form, he still further humbled himself and carried his obedience so far as to die, and to die upon the cross.

And it is through his doing of God's will that we have been once for all purified from sin through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ in sacrifice. Every other priest stands officiating day after day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices, though they were powerless ever to remove people's sins. But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand, read more.
from that time waiting for his enemies to be made his footstool. For by that one sacrifice he has forever qualified those who are purified from sin to approach God.

For if that one man's offense made death reign through that one man, all the more will those who receive God's overflowing mercy and his gift of uprightness live and reign through the one individual Jesus Christ. So as one offense meant condemnation for all men, just so one righteous act means acquittal and life for all men. For just as that one man's disobedience made the mass of mankind sinners, so this one's obedience will make the mass of them upright.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!" For he says in another passage, "You are a priest forever of the priesthood of Melchizedek." For Jesus in his life on earth offered prayers and entreaties, crying aloud with tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and because of his piety his prayer was heard. read more.
And although he was a son, he learned to obey, through what he suffered,

Then he removed him and raised David up to be their king, bearing this testimony to him: 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all that I desire.'

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and the Father is in union with me? I am not the source of the words that I say to you, but the Father who is united with me is doing these things himself. You must believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must believe because of the things themselves. read more.
I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father. Anything you ask for as followers of mine I will grant, so that the Father may be honored through the Son. I will grant anything you ask me for as my followers. "If you really love me, you will observe my commands.

Being circumcised or being uncircumcised does not make any difference; all that matters is keeping God's commands.

The young man said to him, "I have obeyed all these commandments. What do I still lack?"

You know the commandments??Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.' But he said to him, "Master, I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."

And he said, "I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."

Paul looked steadily at the council and said, "Brothers, I have done my duty to God with a perfectly clear conscience up to this very day."

I thank God, whom I, like my forefathers, worship with a clear conscience, when I remember you, as I constantly do, in my prayers.

The way I lived from my youth up, spending my early life among my own nation and at Jerusalem, is well known to all Jews, for they have known from the first, if they are willing to give evidence, that I was a Pharisee and my life was that of the strictest sect of our religion.

Faith led Noah, when he was warned by God of things no one then saw, in obedience to the warning to build an ark in which to save his family, and by such faith he condemned the world, and came to possess that uprightness which faith produces.

Everyone has heard of your obedience, and I am very happy about you, but I want you to be wise about what is good and guileless about what is bad.

Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey that heavenly vision,

and the world with its cravings is passing away, but whoever does God's will will endure forever.

Jesus answered, "Anyone who loves me will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and live with him.

He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.

has been to the God who appointed him, just as Moses was, in all the house of God. For Jesus is entitled to as much more honor than Moses as the builder of a house is than the house he builds.

When they had done everything that the Law of the Lord required, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

As soon as he had this vision, we made efforts to get on to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to tell them the good news.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!"

So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife to his home.

Then he awoke and took the child and his mother by night and took refuge in Egypt,

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

And although he was a son, he learned to obey, through what he suffered,

As he was passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets in the sea, for they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men." They immediately abandoned their nets and followed him.

He went on a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they too were in their boat putting their nets in order. He immediately called them. And they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went off after him.

Anyone who resolves to do his will will know whether my teaching comes from God, or originates with me.

Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

"I have revealed your real self to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

But Jesus answered, "Let it be so this time, for it is right for us to do everything that God requires." Then John consented.

He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit.

And Mary said, "I am the Lord's slave. Let it be as you say." Then the angel left her.

And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

They were both upright in the sight of God, blamelessly observing all the Lord's commands and requirements.

Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him;

No one has ever seen God; yet if we love one another, God keeps in union with us and love for him attains perfection in our hearts.

and we obtain from him whatever we ask for, because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him.

And we have confidence in him, that if we ask him for anything that is in accordance with his will, he will listen to us.

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,