44 Bible Verses about obeying
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But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk you in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
But if you will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
But it shall come to pass, if you will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
And a curse, if you will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
You did run well; who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth?
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.
Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
And Samuel said, has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
This only would I learn of you, Received you the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any terror.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well:
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to them that obey him.
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But whoever keeps his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.
And it shall be righteousness for us, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
If you shall hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn unto the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.
Topics on Obeying
Obeying God
Deuteronomy 27:10You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day.
Obeying Jesus
John 14:23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Obeying People
Ecclesiastes 8:2I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that for the sake of your oath to God.
Obeying The Gospel
Acts 6:7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.