24 Bible Verses about Obedience

And angels who kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, He hath kept in everlasting bonds, under darkness, for the judgment of the great day.

Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done, as in Heaven, so on earth.

And He said to them, "When ye pray, say, 'Father, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come.

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

If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.

but, that the world may know that I love the Father, and, as the Father commanded Me, so I do, Arise, let us go hence."

For as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners; so also through the obedience of the One, shall the many be constituted righteous.

though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered;

then hath He said, "Lo, I have come to do Thy will." He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second:

And, when the angel who was talking to him departed, having called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those attending him; and, having recounted all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

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

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

If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.

because I have come down from Heaven, not to do My Own will, but the will of Him Who sent Me.

then hath He said, "Lo, I have come to do Thy will." He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second:

But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness." Then He suffers Him.

And, arising, he took the Child and His mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax-office, and He saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him.

And, immediately leaving their nets, they followed Him.

"Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock;

And the disciples, going and doing as Jesus commanded them,

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

Obey those who are your leaders, and submit to them; for they watch in behalf of your souls, as those who are to give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with sighing; for this would be unprofitable for you.

Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing 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 well pleasing 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 Who sent Me, and to finish His work.

And, going forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt."

saying, "Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless, not My will, but Thine, be done."

I glorified Thee on the earth; having completed the work which Thou hast given Me to do.

but, that the world may know that I love the Father, and, as the Father commanded Me, so I do, Arise, let us go hence."

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

If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.

but, that the world may know that I love the Father, and, as the Father commanded Me, so I do, Arise, let us go hence."

For as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners; so also through the obedience of the One, shall the many be constituted righteous.

though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered;

then hath He said, "Lo, I have come to do Thy will." He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second:

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; Who, existing originally in the form of God, accounted it not a prize to he equal with God. but emptied Himself, taking a slave's form, coming to be in the likeness of men; read more.
and, being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

then hath He said, "Lo, I have come to do Thy will." He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second: in which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest, indeed, stands daily ministering, and ofttimes offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; read more.
but This Man, having offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth awaiting until His foes shall be placed as a footstool for His feet. For by one offering He hath perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

For, if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall those who receive the abundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. So, then, as through one trespass, the judgment came to all men unto condemnation; so also, through one righteous act, the free gift came to all men unto justification of life. For as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners; so also through the obedience of the One, shall the many be constituted righteous.

Thus Christ also glorified not Himself to become a high priest, but He Who spake to Him, "Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee"; as also, in another place, He saith, "Thou art a Priest forever according to the rank of Melchizedek"; Who, in the days of His flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was able to save Him from death, and having been heard by reason of His godly fear, read more.
though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered;

and, having removed him, He raised up for them David to be their king; to whom bearing testimony, He said, 'I found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.'

Jesus saith to him, "So long a time am I with you, and you do not know Me, Philip! He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how say you, 'Show us the Father?' Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I say to you, I speak not from Myself; but the Father, abiding in Me, doeth His works. Believe Me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; or, else, believe Me because of the works themselves. read more.
Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go to the Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything 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 says to Him, "I observed all these things; what yet do I lack?"

You know the commandments, 'Do not kill,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' Do not bear false witness,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'" And he said to Him, "Teacher, all these things I observed from my youth."

And he said, "All these I observed from my youth."

And Paul, looking intently on the Sanhedrin, said, "Brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."

I thank God, Whom I serve from my forefathers, in a pure conscience, that I have an unceasing remembrance of you in my supplications night and day;

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

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

For your obedience reached unto all. I rejoice, therefore, over you; but I wish you to be wise as to that which is good, but simple as to evil.

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

And the world is passing away, and the desire thereof; but be 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.

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 who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that does the will of My Father in Heaven.

Who was faithful to Him Who appointed Him, as also was Moses in all His house. For This One has been accounted worthy of more glory than Moses, by as much as He Who built the house hath more honor than the house;

And, when he saw the vision, straightway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.

For whosoever does the will of My Father Who is in Heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother."

And Joseph, arising from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord directed him, and took to himself his wife;

And, arising, he took the Child and His mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

"Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock;

though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered;

And, passing along by the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers. And Jesus said to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men." And straightway, leaving the nets, they followed Him.

And going on a little further, He saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and those in the ship mending the nets. And straightway He called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the boat, with the hired servants, they went away after Him.

If any one wills to do His will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from Myself.

But Peter and the apostles, answering, said, "It is proper 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 He saith to him, "Behold, an Israelite, indeed, in whom there is no guile!"

But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness." Then He suffers Him.

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

And passing by, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax-office, and saith 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 law blameless.

And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax-office, and He saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him.

but whosoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected: in this we know that we are in Him.

No one has ever beheld God. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

and whatsoever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments, and do the things that are pleasing before Him.

And this is the confidence which we have toward Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us;

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