'Follow' in the Bible

because they rejected My ordinances, profaned My Sabbaths, and did not follow My statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.

“Then I said to their children in the wilderness: Don’t follow the statutes of your fathers, defile yourselves with their idols, or keep their ordinances.

I am Yahweh your God. Follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.

“But the children rebelled against Me. They did not follow My statutes or carefully keep My ordinances—the person who does them will live by them. They also profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them and exhausting My anger against them in the wilderness.

I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances, and keep My statutes and obey them.

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,for he is determined to follow what is worthless.

They will follow the Lord;He will roar like a lion.When He roars,His children will come trembling from the west.

“Follow Me,” He told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

A scribe approached Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go!”

But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him.

And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

“If you want to be perfect,” Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

“Follow Me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

Then, moving on, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him.

Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

Then, looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Him on the road.

So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him.

When He was in Galilee, they would follow Him and help Him. Many other women had come up with Him to Jerusalem.

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!”

So, leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow Him.

Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

John responded, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he does not follow us.”

As they were traveling on the road someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go!”

Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”“Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”

Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”

They will say to you, ‘Look there!’ or ‘Look here!’ Don’t follow or run after them.

When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Instantly he could see, and he began to follow Him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

“Listen,” He said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.

The next day He decided to leave for Galilee. Jesus found Philip and told him, “Follow Me!”

When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”

My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

“Lord,” Simon Peter said to Him, “where are You going?”Jesus answered, “Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

“Lord,” Peter asked, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You!”

He said this to signify by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, He told him, “Follow Me!”

“If I want him to remain until I come,” Jesus answered, “what is that to you? As for you, follow Me.”

“Get dressed,” the angel told him, “and put on your sandals.” And he did so. “Wrap your cloak around you,” he told him, “and follow me.”

The rest were to follow, some on planks and some on debris from the ship. In this way, everyone safely reached the shore.

And he became the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.

Since we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.

May peace come to all those who follow this standard, and mercy to the Israel of God!

For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

Some people’s sins are obvious, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later.

They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings and the glories that would follow.

For you were called to this,because Christ also suffered for you,leaving you an example,so that you should follow in His steps.

For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.

especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;

These are the ones not defiled with women, for they have kept their virginity. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed from the human race as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”