35 Bible Verses about Obeying People

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Ecclesiastes 8:2

I counsel thee , Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Matthew 8:9

For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Luke 7:8

For I also am a man set under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Luke 17:9

Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?

Matthew 21:29

And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Luke 15:29

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Genesis 16:2

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 50:12

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

Exodus 18:24

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

Joshua 22:2

and said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you:

Joshua 1:17

According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

Joshua 1:16

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.

Ruth 3:5

And she said unto her, All that thou sayest I will do.

Ruth 3:6

And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.

Esther 2:20

Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

Esther 4:17

So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

Esther 9:23

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Jeremiah 35:14

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and unto this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; and ye have not hearkened unto me.

Jeremiah 35:16

Forasmuch as the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto me;

Jeremiah 35:18

And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you;

Jeremiah 35:8

And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

Jeremiah 35:10

but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

2 Samuel 22:45

The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

Matthew 23:3

all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

2 Corinthians 7:15

And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

Matthew 28:15

So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this day.

Luke 17:6

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

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