27 Bible Verses about They Do Not Keep Commands

Jehovah spoke to Moses: How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions?

Did Moses give you the law? Yet none of you obey the law! Why do you seek to kill me?

Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law and turned aside, that they should not obey your voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out upon us. It is the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God. We have sinned against you.

They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions.

I behold the treacherous and loathe because they do not keep your word.

She has rebelled against my ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against my statutes more than the lands that surround her. My people have rejected my ordinances and have not walked in my statutes.

Therefore, Jehovah says: 'You have more turmoil than the nations that surround you. You have not walked in my statutes, nor observed my ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations that surround you.'

Tell them: 'It is because your ancestors abandoned me,' says Jehovah. They followed other gods, served them, worshiped them, and abandoned me. They did not obey my law.

But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes. They were not careful to obey my ordinances. If a man obeys them, he will live. They profaned my Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

I did this because they had rejected my commands, broken my laws, profaned the Sabbath, and worshiped the same idols their ancestors had served.

Like your fathers before you, you have turned away from my laws and have not obeyed them. Return to me and I will return to you, said Jehovah of Hosts. But you ask, 'how will we return to you?'

You did a foolish thing, Samuel told Saul. You did not follow the command of Jehovah your God. If you had, Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel from generation to generation (for a very long time).

Your kingdom will not last. Jehovah searched for a man after his own heart. Jehovah appointed him as ruler of his people. This is because you did not follow the command of Jehovah.

You will know that I am Jehovah! While you were keeping the laws of the neighboring nations, you were breaking my laws and disobeying my commands.'

I am sorry that I made Saul king. He has turned away from me and disobeyed my commands. Samuel was angry. All night long he pleaded with Jehovah.

Jehovah had given him orders about this very thing that he was not to go after other gods. But he did not obey the orders of Jehovah.

Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the profane. They have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said: How could a man that is a sinner perform such signs? There was division among them.

They rejected my rules. They did not live by my laws. They dishonored the days to worship me, because their hearts chased disgusting idols.

He who does not love me does not obey my words. The word you hear is not mine, but comes from the Father who sent me.

Remember the word I said to you. A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.

You who boast in the law do you by transgression of the law dishonor God?

The uncircumcised person is by nature, fulfilling the law. He will judge you because you transgress the law with your written code and circumcision.

For not even those who receive circumcision obey the Law. They desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

He that despised Moses' Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses.

For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

Why did you break your promise and disobey my command?