24 Bible Verses about Obedience

while the angels who did not keep their first domain but left their proper abode, are held by him in blank darkness, in everlasting chains, in preparation for the judgment of the Great Day.

He is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; to Him angels and authorities and powers have been made subject.

thy kingdom come, and thy will be done, On earth, as in heaven.

So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with reverence and humility, in singleness of heart as if to Christ himself;

"If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and abide in his love.

"He has nothing in me, but in his coming the world may know that I love the Father, and that I do just as the Father commanded. Rise, let us be going!"

For just as through the disobedience of one man the rest were made sinners; even so by the obedience of One shall all the rest be made righteous.

Though he was a son, yet learned he obedience through the things which he suffered;

(offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order that he may establish the second.

And after the angel who was speaking to him was gone, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier who was in constant attendance upon him, and after telling them everything, he sent them to Joppa.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with reverence and humility, in singleness of heart as if to Christ himself;

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with reverence and humility, in singleness of heart as if to Christ himself;

"If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and abide in his love.

"For I am come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

(offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order that he may establish the second.

But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

So Joseph arose, took the child and his mother, by night, and departed to Egypt.

As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

And they dropped their nets at once, and followed him.

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them;

The disciples did as Jesus told them, and made ready the Passover.

Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who must give account; that they may do thus with joy and not with lamentation, for this would be unprofitable to you.

Exhort slaves to be obedient to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in every respect;

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

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is well pleasing in Christians.

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

Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

"Father, if thou art willing, take away this cup from me; but thy will, not mine, be done!"

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

"He has nothing in me, but in his coming the world may know that I love the Father, and that I do just as the Father commanded. Rise, let us be going!"

Was not Abraham our ancestor justified by deeds, in that he offered up Isaac, his son, upon the altar?

"If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and abide in his love.

"He has nothing in me, but in his coming the world may know that I love the Father, and that I do just as the Father commanded. Rise, let us be going!"

For just as through the disobedience of one man the rest were made sinners; even so by the obedience of One shall all the rest be made righteous.

Though he was a son, yet learned he obedience through the things which he suffered;

(offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order that he may establish the second.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained, but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born in the likeness of men. read more.
More than this, after he had shone himself in human form, he humbled himself in his obedience even to death; yes, and to death on a cross.

(offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order that he may establish the second. And it is by this will that we have been sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. For while every priest stands, day after day, at his ministrations, and many times repeats the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, read more.
this Priest, after offering one Sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on God's right hand; henceforth waiting until his enemies be put as the footstool of his feet. For by one single offering he has perfected forever those whom he is sanctifying.

For if through the transgression of the one, death reigned as king through the one, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in life through One, through Jesus Christ. It follows then, as through the transgression of one man came condemnation unto all men, even so through the act of righteousness of One came acquittal and life to all men. For just as through the disobedience of one man the rest were made sinners; even so by the obedience of One shall all the rest be made righteous.

So even the Christ was not raised to the high glory of the priesthood by himself, but on the contrary by Him who said to him. Thou art my Son; this day have I become thy Father; and again, Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek. In the days of his flesh, with better cries and weeping Jesus offered up prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him out of death; and he was heard because of his devout submission. read more.
Though he was a son, yet learned he obedience through the things which he suffered;

After deposing him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also bore witness, when he said, "I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, and who will obey all my will.

"Have I been so long among you, and yet you, Philip, have you not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Cause us to see the Father'? "Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I speak not of myself; but the Father, who ever dwells in me, is doing his own work. "Believe me, all of you, that I am in the Father and the Father in me, or else believe me for the very words' sake. read more.
"I tell you solemnly that he who trusts in me shall himself do the works that I am doing; and still greater works than these, because I am going 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 anything in my name, I will do it. "If you love me, you will obey my commandments,

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands in everything.

The young man answered. "I have carefully kept them all. What yet do I lack?"

You know the commandments. Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat, honor your father and mother." "Teacher," he answered, "I have observed all these from my youth."

"All of these," he replied, "I have kept from my youth up."

With a stedfast gaze at the Sanhedrin, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived with a good conscience before God to this day."

I give thanks to God whom I worship with a pure conscience as my fathers did, when I remember you unceasingly in my prayers.

"The kind of life I have lived from my youth upward among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all that early life of mine, is well known to all the Jews. "They know me of old, if they are willing to testify, how that according to the strict sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

By faith Noah, warned of God of things not yet seen, reverently gave heed, and built an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is of faith.

I say this, for the tidings of your obedience have been told throughout the world. On your own behalf, then, I rejoice; but I want you to be wise unto the good, but innocents in evil.

"So then, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision;

and the world and its lusts are passing away, but he who ever does the will of God abides forever.

Jesus replied. "If any loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

"My mother and brothers," he answered, "are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

How faithful he was to the God who appointed him! For while Moses also was faithful in all God's house, Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built a house has higher honor than the house itself.

As soon as all that the law required had been done, they returned to Galilee to their own town, Nazareth.

So when he had seen the vision, we sought at once to go forth into Macedonia, because we concluded that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

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

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

So Joseph arose, took the child and his mother, by night, and departed to Egypt.

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

Though he was a son, yet learned he obedience through the things which he suffered;

And as he was passing along by the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen; so Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him.

As he went a little farther on he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in their boat mending the nets. Straightway he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him.

"If any one wills to do God's will he shall know concerning my teaching, whether it is from God, or I speak my own authority. Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth."

But Peter and the apostles said in reply.

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

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

He was a devout man and God-fearing, and so were all his household. He gave many alms to the people, and constantly prayed to God.

Now there was in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon. He was righteous and devout, and was waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him.

Then Mary said: "Behold I am Lord's slave. Let it be to me as you have said." Then the angel departed from her.

As he was passing by he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office; and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.

who was a descendant of Aaron. They were both righteous in the sight of the Lord, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the law, blameless.

As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

and the truth is not in him; bit if any man obey his word, in him truly is the love of God made perfect. By this we come to know that we are in him.

No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

and whatever we ask we are receiving from him, because we are keeping his commandments and doing those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Now the confidence which we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything that is in accordance with his will.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with reverence and humility, in singleness of heart as if to Christ himself;