'Obey' in the Bible

The men were amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they asked. "Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

teaching them to obey everything that I've commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age."

All the people were so stunned that they kept saying to each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He tells even the unclean spirits what to do, and they obey him!"

Overcome with fear, they kept saying to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

Then he asked the disciples, "Where's your faith?" Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, "Who is this man? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"

The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you!

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!

but our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and wished to return to Egypt.

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for them to obey.

Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.

Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and do not obey your flesh and its desires.

Because your service in giving proves your love, you will be glorifying God as you obey what your confession of the Messiah's gospel demands, since you are generous in sharing with them and with everyone else.

and every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive in order to obey the Messiah.

Certainly all who depend on the actions of the Law are under a curse. For it is written, "A curse on everyone who does not obey everything that is written in the Book of the Law!"

Again, I insist that everyone who allows himself to be circumcised is obligated to obey the entire Law.

Why, not even those who are circumcised obey the Law! They simply want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your external appearance.

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

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear, trembling, and sincerity, as when you obey the Messiah.

Do not do this only while you're being watched in order to please them, but be like slaves of the Messiah, who are determined to obey God's will.

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

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched in order to please them, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

in blazing fire. He will take revenge on those who do not know God and on those who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of him. Have nothing to do with him so that he will feel ashamed.

and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

Now if we put bits into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies as well.

In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?

How blessed is the one who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy and obey what is written in it, for the time is near!

So remember what you received and heard. Obey it, and repent. If you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you won't know the time when I will come to you.