'Obey' in the Bible

and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!"

To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother and my sister and my mother."

and teach them to obey every command which I have given you. And remember, I am with you always, day by day, until the Close of the Age."

And all were amazed and awe-struck, so they began to ask one another, "What does this mean? Here is a new sort of teaching--and a tone of authority! And even to foul spirits he issues orders and they obey him!"

Then they were filled with terror, and began to say to one another, "Who is this, then? For even wind and sea obey Him."

"My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."

"Where is your faith?" He asked them. But they were filled with terror and amazement, and said to one another, "Who then is this? for He gives orders both to wind and waves, and they obey Him."

And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes.

"If your faith," replied the Lord, "is like a mustard seed, you might command this black-mulberry-tree, 'Tear up your roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and instantly it would obey you.

You do not know Him, but I know Him perfectly; and were I to deny my knowledge of Him, I should resemble you, and be a liar. On the contrary I do know Him, and I obey His commands.

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

"If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

He who has no love for me does not obey my teaching; and yet the teaching to which you are listening is not mine, but is the teaching of the Father who sent me.

If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue in His love.

Bear in mind what I said to you, 'A servant is not superior to his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man.

And we--and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him--are witnesses as to these things."

After removing him, He raised up David to be their king, to whom He also bore witness when He said, "'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man I love, who will obey all My commands.'

Associate with these men and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they can shave their heads. Then everybody will know that there is no truth in these stories about you, but that in your own actions you yourself scrupulously obey the Law.

while on the other hand upon the self-willed who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness will fall anger and fury, affliction and awful distress,

It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous in the sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law who will be pronounced righteous.

For when Gentiles who have no Law obey by natural instinct the commands of the Law, they, without having a Law, are a Law to themselves;

Circumcision does indeed profit, if you obey the Law; but if you are a Law-breaker, the fact that you have been circumcised counts for nothing.

Do you not know that if you surrender yourselves as bondservants to obey any one, you become the bondservants of him whom you obey, whether the bondservants of Sin (with death as the result)

We must obey therefore, not only in order to escape punishment, but also for conscience' sake.

I once more protest to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law of Moses.

Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

He will come in flames of fire to take vengeance on those who have no knowledge of God, and do not obey the Good News as to Jesus, our Lord.

and if any one refuses to obey these our written instructions, mark that man and hold no communication with him--so that he may be made to feel ashamed.

Remind people that they must submit to the rulers who are in authority over them; that they must obey the magistrates, be prepared for every right action,

and so, having been made perfect, He became to all who obey Him the source and giver of eternal salvation.

Obey your leaders and be submissive to them. For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give account; that they may do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage to you.

For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror.

Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.

And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.

He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.

and whatever we ask for we obtain from Him, because we obey His commands and do the things which are pleasing in His sight.

The fact that we love God Himself, and obey His commands, is a proof that we love God's children.