24 Bible Verses about Obedience

and the angels which kept not their principality, but left their own dwellingplace, he hath kept in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day;

who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come;

Bondservants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as serving Christ;

If ye keep my commandments, ye will abide in my love, even as I have kept my Fathers commandments, and abide in his love.

But [this must be] that the world may know that I love the Father, and that as the Father gave me commandment so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

For as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one man will the many be made righteous.

though a son yet learned his obedience from what he suffered;

then hath he said, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He setteth aside the first, that he may establish the second.

And when the angel that spoke to him had departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of those who waited on him, and having told them every thing sent them to Joppa.

Bondservants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as serving Christ;

Bondservants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as serving Christ;

If ye keep my commandments, ye will abide in my love, even as I have kept my Fathers commandments, and abide in his love.

for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

then hath he said, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He setteth aside the first, that he may establish the second.

And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

And he arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt;

And as Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And they immediately left their nets, and followed him.

Every one then that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock;

And the disciples o went, and did as Jesus bade them,

And the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the passover.

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.

Exhort bondservants to be in subjection to their own masters, in all things to be wellpleasing to them,

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

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

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

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

And he came a little nearer, and fell on his face, praying and saying, Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me! nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.

saying, Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from meyet not my will, but thine be done!

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

But [this must be] that the world may know that I love the Father, and that as the Father gave me commandment so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Was not Abraham our father accepted as righteous through works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

If ye keep my commandments, ye will abide in my love, even as I have kept my Fathers commandments, and abide in his love.

But [this must be] that the world may know that I love the Father, and that as the Father gave me commandment so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

For as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one man will the many be made righteous.

though a son yet learned his obedience from what he suffered;

then hath he said, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He setteth aside the first, that he may establish the second.

Yea, let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God, but made himself of no consideration, taking the form of a servant, and becoming like men; read more.
and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

then hath he said, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He setteth aside the first, that he may establish the second. And in this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest indeed standeth performing daily service, and offering again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; read more.
but he, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down for ever on the right hand of God, thenceforth waiting until his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever those who are sanctified.

For if by one trespass death reigned through the one man, much more will they who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.) As then through one trespass all men have come under condemnation, so through one act of righteousness all obtain the gift of righteousness unto life. For as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one man will the many be made righteous.

Thus Christ did not glorify himself to be made highpriest, but he who said to him, "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee;" as also he saith in another place, "Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek." Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard by reason of his godly reverence, read more.
though a son yet learned his obedience from what he suffered;

and having removed him, he raised up to them David to be their king, to whom he gave testimony, saying, "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all my will."

Jesus saith to him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how is it that thou sayest, Show us the Father? Dost thou not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not from myself; but the Father, who dwelleth in me, doeth his works. Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; but if not, believe for the very works sake. read more.
Truly, truly do I say to you, He that believeth in me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater than these shall he do; because I am going to the Father, and whatever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments;

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

The young man saith to him, All these things have I kept; in what am I still wanting?

Thou knowest the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and thy mother." And he said to him, Teacher, all these have I kept from my youth.

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

And Paul looking earnestly upon the council, said: Brethren! I have ordered my life in all good conscience before God to this day.

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, as without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day,

My manner of life, then, from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all Jews know: and they know, if they are willing to testify, that from the first, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

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

For your obedience hath become known to all. Over you, then, I rejoice; but I would have you wise as to that which is good, and simple as to that which is evil.

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

And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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

And he answering said to them, My mother and my brothers are these, who hear the word of God, and do it.

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

who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as greater than the house is he who built it.

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

And when he had seen the vision, we immediately endeavored to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to publish the glad tidings to them.

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

Then Joseph, on waking up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took to him his wife;

And he arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt;

Every one then that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock;

though a son yet learned his obedience from what he suffered;

And as he was passing along by the lake of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon dragging a net in the lake; for they were fishers. And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will cause you to become fishers of men. And immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets; and immediately he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they went after him.

If any one is desirous to do his will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

I manifested 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 to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile.

And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and praying to God always,

And lo! there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and he was a righteous and devout man, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him;

And Mary said, Lo, the handmaid of the Lord! May it be to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

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

And as Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

But whoever keepeth his word, truly in him is the love of God perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

No one hath ever seen God. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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

And this is the confidence which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us;

Bondservants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as serving Christ;