44 Bible Verses about obeying

I also explicitly commanded them: "Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you."

"'If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments --

"But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.

and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

(Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it.

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

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

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

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 do not weigh us down,

All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

Then Samuel said, "Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.

Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?

But he replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.

But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."

If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.

And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

The one who says "I have come to know God" and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.

But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.

But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments before the Lord our God, just as he demands."

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

For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law."

Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death -- even death on a cross!

"'If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,

if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being.