44 Bible Verses about obeying

But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’

‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments,

“But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone 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 the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known.

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,

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

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.”

Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.

Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

“If they hear and serve Him,
They will end their days in prosperity
And their years in pleasures.

This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today;

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

“If you consent and obey,
You will eat the best of the land;

Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.

The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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

By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

I hastened and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the Lord our God, just as He commanded us.

Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them.”

Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law
And keep it with all my heart.

dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,

if you obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.