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 ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye 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 love 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 ye 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 ye have not known.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
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 ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
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 ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
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 grievous.
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
And Samuel said, Hath 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 ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
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 ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath 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 saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath 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 continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy 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 thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Topics on Obeying
Obeying God
Deuteronomy 27:10Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
Obeying Jesus
John 14:23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love 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 thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of 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.